Belshazzar

Belshazzar, the last Chaldean king of Babylon, was slain B.C. 538 at the capture of Babylon by Cyrus. This is according to the book of Daniel, which, however, is at variance with the cuneiform inscriptions. Apparently he was associated in the kingdom with his father Nabonidus, whom they mention as the last king. The book of Daniel also narrates that Belshazzar had a notice from heaven of his fate in the words written on the wall: - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin, literally rendered, "Numbered, numbered, weighed, and divisions."