“The king said to Daniel,
Whose name was Belteshazzar.
‘Are you able
To tell me
The dream
That I have seen
With its interpretation?’”
The king then turned to Daniel, whose Babylonian name was Belteshazzar. He wanted to know if Daniel was able to tell him his dream and its interpretation. The palace master had given Daniel this new Babylonian name of Belteshazzar in the preceding chapter, when he began his Babylonian court studies.
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