In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
In that night was Belshazzar ... slain. Herodotus and Xenophon confirm Daniel as to the suddenness of the event. Cyrus diverted the Euphrates into a new channel, and, guided by two deserters, Gobryas and Gadatas, marched by the dry bed into the city, while the Babylonians were carousing at an annual feast to the gods. So also Isaiah 21:5; Isaiah 44:27; and Jeremiah 50:38-39; Jeremiah 51:36. As to Belshazzar's being slain, cf. Isaiah 14:18-20; Jeremiah 50:29-35; Jeremiah 51:57.