"30. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old."

📚Daniel 5:30-31 KJV

In Daniel 5 we get to see the fulfillment of the Babylon falling to another empire. In this fulfillment are a lot of lesson but we'll stick to history, the fulfilling of prophecy, and reaffirming how on the nose Daniel's prophecies are. We're also going to discuss the controversy between the Biblical record and the secular one.

Show Notes: https://www.psalmstogod.com/2024/09/the-first-fall-of-babylon.html

Important References:

🔗 Nabonidus -> https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nabonidus 🔗 Eric A. Powell's article on the Last King of Babylon -> https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2022/features/babylon-nabonidus-last-king

🔗 Steven Anderson's article & dissertation on Cyaxares I -> https://truthonlybible.com/2016/01/08/darius-the-mede-a-solution-to-his-identity/

🔗 Darius the Mede -> https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Darius-Mede

🔗 Cyaxares II -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyaxares_II

🔗 The Discovery of the Hittite World -> https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/exhibitions_events_tours/past/johngarstangandthediscoveryofthehittiteworld/

🔗 Christopher Eames and George Haddad's Finding the Hittites -> https://armstronginstitute.org/954-finding-the-hittites

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