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Belshazzar
בלשאצר he Balthasar la
Biblical king of Babylonia in the Book of Daniel
- Child of Nabonidus and Nitocris of Babylon
- Traditionally 580 BCE – 539 BCE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
- Dates unrecorded crown prince
- Dates unrecorded viceroy
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 8
Kinship in an account 4
Family 4
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
Connections
Succession in office 1
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