Dan 5:10 | TNotes | STEP | 5:10 the queen mother (literally the queen ): She was probably Belshazzar’s mother, not his wife. • Long live the king! was the standard greeting (also in 2:4 ); ironically, Belshazzar would die that night (5:30 ). • Don’t be so pale and frightened: Cp. 1 Sam 28:20-25 .

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‏ Daniel 5:10

5:10 ^a the queen mother (literally the queen): She was probably Belshazzar’s mother, not his wife.

• Long live the king! was the standard greeting (also in 2:4 ^b); ironically, Belshazzar would die that night (5:30 ^c).

• Don’t be so pale and frightened: Cp. 1 Sam 28:20-25 ^d.