Daniel 5:30-31 - That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.
I confess that I don't know the historical record of this time and place very well, but wouldn't a king normally have some knowledge - an inkling, even - that an enemy army was about to invade and overthrow him? How do you (seemingly) matter-of-factly walk into the center of the kingdom, assassinate the leader, and take over the joint? Maybe it's just the way it's told here with the lack of details. Or maybe it tells us more about what kind of king Belshazzar was.
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