Daniel 5:28

Daniel · Old Testament · Chapter 5

“PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”Daniel 5:28

What Does Daniel 5:28 Mean?

Daniel 5:28 is found in the book of Daniel, chapter 5, verse 28 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Daniel 5:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 13:17“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”Daniel 6:28“So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.”Isaiah 21:2“A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.”Daniel 5:31“And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”Isaiah 13:1“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”Isaiah 45:1“Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;”Daniel 2:39“And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.”Job 34:24“He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.”Daniel 2:9“But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.”Daniel 4:31“While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.”Daniel 8:20“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.”Daniel 9:1“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;”2 Kings 17:6“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”Esther 1:3“In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:”Jeremiah 25:13“And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.”Jeremiah 25:14“For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.”Jeremiah 25:25“And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,”Jeremiah 51:28“Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.”Ezekiel 27:10“They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.”Daniel 7:5“And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.”

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