Babylonian Records Confirm Daniel’s Account
Fifty years ago the book of Daniel was the only authority for the statement that Belshazzar was at Babylon at the time of its destruction. The Greek authorities said that Nabonidus was the last king, that he was not at Babylon when it was taken by Cyrus, but at Borsippa, and that he was not killed, but captured. The conflict between the two sources of information seemed absolute. Now we have dug up from Babylon the whole story. We know that Belshazzar was the son of Nabonidus; that his father sent him to resist the invading army, that he failed, and that his father then left him as viceroy in Babylon, while he led the army himself, and that Belshazzar was in Babylon, as the Bible says, when that city was captured, while Nabonidus was absent, as the Greek historians say. Both authorities are equally corroborated. Here is a remarkable confirmation of the Bible history.