Dànyǐlǐshū 5:10

10 Taì hòu ( huò zuò huáng hòu xià tóng ) yīn wáng hé tā dàchén suǒ shuō de huà , jiù jìnrù yàn gōng , shuō , yuàn wáng wàn suì . nǐ xīnyì búyào jīng huáng , liǎnmiàn búyào biàn shǎi .

Dànyǐlǐshū 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:10

Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his
lords, came into the banquet house
Not the wife of Belshazzar, as Porphyry would have it; but rather the queen mother, as Jacchiades, the widow of Evilmerodach his father, whose name was Nitocris; and is spoken of, by Herodotus ^F17, as a very prudent woman; and as this seems to be by her words and conduct: though Josephus ^F18 says it was his grandmother, she who had been the wife of Nebuchadnezzar; and of this opinion were some mentioned by Aben Ezra; whose name was Amyitis; and it appears, by what she says afterwards, that she was well acquainted with affairs in his time; and, being an ancient woman, might be the reason why she was not among the ladies at the feast in the banqueting house; but came into it, without being sent for, on hearing the consternation and distress the king and his lords were in, and the moanful despairing words they expressed on this occasion: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever;
the usual salutation given to the kings of Babylon, and other eastern monarchs; see ( Daniel 2:4 ) ( 6:21 ) : let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed;
at this affair, as if it could never be understood, and the true meaning of it be given; but be of good: cheer, and put on a good countenance; there is hope yet that it may be cleared up to satisfaction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Clio, sive l. 1. c. 185, 188.
F18 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 11. sect. 2.

Dànyǐlǐshū 5:10 In-Context

8 Yúshì wáng de yīqiè zhé shì dōu jìnlái , què bùnéng dòu nà wén zì , yĕ bùnéng bǎ jiǎngjiĕ gàosu wáng .

9 Bǎi shā sǎ wáng jiù shén jīng huáng , liǎnsè gǎibiàn , tāde dàchén yĕ dōu jīngqí .

10 Taì hòu ( huò zuò huáng hòu xià tóng ) yīn wáng hé tā dàchén suǒ shuō de huà , jiù jìnrù yàn gōng , shuō , yuàn wáng wàn suì . nǐ xīnyì búyào jīng huáng , liǎnmiàn búyào biàn shǎi .

11 Zaì nǐ guó zhōng yǒu yī rén , tā lǐtou yǒu shèng shén de líng , nǐ fù zaì shì de rìzi , zhè rén xīn zhōng guāngmíng , yòu yǒu cōngming zhìhuì , hǎoxiàng shén de zhìhuì . nǐ fù Níbùjiǎnísǎ wáng , jiù shì wáng de fù , lì tā wèi shùshì , yòng fǎshù de , hé Jiālèdǐ rén , bìng guān zhào de lǐng xiù .

12 Zaì tā lǐtou yǒu mĕihǎo de língxìng , yòu yǒu zhīshi cōngming , néng yuán mèng , shì míyǔ , jiĕ yíhuò . zhè rén míng jiào Dànyǐlǐ , Níbùjiǎnísǎ wáng yòu chēng tā wèi bǎi tí shā sǎ , xiànzaì kĕyǐ zhào tā lái , tā bì jiĕ míng zhè yìsi .