astrologers, &c. See note on Daniel 2:2.
scarlet. purple.
be the third ruler. rule as one of three: i.e. the third: Nabonidus being the first, and Belshazzar the second.
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Daniel 5:7
7 The king cried aloudc to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.