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Dan 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

a man	Dan 2:47; Dan 4:8,9,18; Gen 41:11-15
father	or, grandfather. See on Dan 5:2.
light	Dan 2:11; 2Sa 14:17; Act 12:22; Act 14:11; Rev 3:9
Nebuchadnezzar	Nebuchadnezzar was certainly the grandfather of Belshazzar; but the term father in Hebrew and Chaldee is frequently used to denote a progenitor, or ancestor, however remote.
father	or, grandfather. Dan 5:2.
master	Dan 2:48; Dan 4:9; Act 16:16