27:005:023 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: 27:005:024 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. 27:005:025 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 27:005:026 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27:005:027 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 27:005:028 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 27:005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 27:005:030 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 27:005:031 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. 27:006:001 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 27:006:002 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 27:006:003 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 27:006:004 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 27:006:005 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 27:006:006 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 27:006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.