27 “TEQĚL – You have been weighed on the scales, and found lacking.
28 “PERES – Your reign has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Bĕlshatstsar gave orders, and they robed Dani’ĕl in purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the reign.
30 In that night Bĕlshatstsar, sovereign of the Chaldeans, was slain.
31 And Dareyawesh the Mede took over the reign, being about sixty-two years old.