Page "Book of Daniel" Paragraph 58

Belshazzar and his nobles blasphemously drink from sacred Jewish temple vessels, offering praise to inanimate gods, until a hand mysteriously appears before the crowd and writes upon the wall of the palace.

The horrified king eventually summons Daniel who is able to read the writing and offer the following interpretation: Mene, Mene-God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Tekel-You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

Upharsin-Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

" That very night ", we are informed, Belshazzar was slain and " Darius the Mede " took over the kingdom.