Belshazzar

Do not let us sit here like the great Belshazzar till the handwriting appears on the wall.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
I understand that this is believed to be the great palace where Belshazzar saw the handwriting on the wall.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
Belshazzar drew in his head with a hiss that I could hear even above the clamour of this intrusion.
The Blue Germ|Martin Swayne
Our knees smote each other with fatigue, as Belshazzar's did with fear.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various

Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
The Voice and Spiritual Education|Hiram Corson

British Dictionary definitions for Belshazzar

Belshazzar

/ (bɛlˈʃæzə) /

noun

6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)

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