Questions:
1. What is the time interval between this chapter and the last?
2. Who was Belshazzar and what was his relationship to Nebuchadnezzar?
3. Find out the circumstances of the kingdom of Babylon at this time.
4. What can one conclude from the events of this great feast at this time?
5. What was the significance of the taking of the temple vessels?
6. What conclusions must be made on the basis of verse 4?
7. What did the king see on the wall? What is the importance of the fact that these were “fingers” which wrote?
8. What was the reaction of the king? Why?
9. What reward was promised to the man who could interpret the writing?
10. Why did not the king immediately call for Daniel who earlier interpreted the king’s dreams?
11. How was the failure of the astrologers to be explained? Could they not “make up” something?
12. Who was the “queen” of verse 10? How did she remember Daniel?
13. Who was the king’s “father” in verse 11? Was that not his grandfather?
14. How did the king address Daniel?
15. What did the king promise Daniel for interpreting the writing on the wall?
16. What was Daniel’s reaction to the promised gift? What does that show us?
17. Why did Daniel recite the history of Nebuchadnezzar?
18. What was Belshazzar’s sin?
19. What was Daniel’s interpretation of the writing?
20. What might this writing have to say to us?
21. What relationship might this writing have to the writing of Scripture which we have?
22. Did the king believe Daniel’s interpretation? Give reasons for your answer.
23. Why could the king’s gift to Daniel be regarded as foolish?
24. Who took over the kingdom?
25. Can you find any references as to how Darius overcame that great city of Babylon?
26. What have you learned from the account of this chapter concerning yourself?