Daniel 5:11 (KJV)

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There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father the king I say thy father made master of the magicians astrologers Chaldeans and soothsayers

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Cross-references

a man. Da 2:47 Da 4:8 Da 4:9 Da 4:18 Ge 41:11-15

father. or, grandfather. Da 5:2

light. Da 2:11 2Sa 14:17 Ac 12:22 Ac 14:11 Re 3:9

father. or, grandfather. Da 5:2

master. Da 2:48 Da 4:9 Ac 16:16

Nebuchadnezzar.Nebuchadnezzar was certainly the grandfather of Belshazzar; but the term father in Hebrew and Chaldee is frequently used to denote a progenitor, or ancestor, however remote.

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