5:23. But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.
5:24. Wherefore, he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written this that is set down.
5:25. And this is the writing that is written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
5:26. And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.
5:27. THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.
5:28. PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.
5:29. Then by the king's command, Daniel was clothed with purple, and a chain of gold was put about his neck: and it was proclaimed of him that he had power as the third man in the kingdom.
5:30. The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.
5:31. And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
Darius… He is called Cyaxares by the historians; and was the son of
Astyages, and uncle to Cyrus.