| Daniel 5:9-12 — Daniel Is Summoned
The language written on the wall was unknown to everyone in the room. The king was now even more terrified, and the nobles were baffled. There must have been a crescendo of noise as everyone excitedly discussed the writing and what it meant. Daniel 5:10 says, “The queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall.” Since Belshazzar’s wives were already at the banquet (see Daniel 5:2), the queen who entered the banquet hall may have been the queen-mother, possibly the wife or daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, a lady who would receive deep respect.22
Because the queen referred to Daniel by the introductory phrase “there is a man,” it is evident that Daniel no longer held his former high position as chief of the wise men. This is understandable as we realize that Daniel had served several kings since Nebuchadnezzar. He had been in some type of active service to King Belshazzar a decade earlier (see Daniel 8:1,27), but had perhaps retired from court since then. Remember that Daniel was probably over eighty years old by now!23
The queen referred to Daniel as a man who “the spirit of the holy gods in him” (Daniel 5:11). Almost a quarter of a century had passed since the days of Nebuchadnezzar and during this interval Daniel had been retired and set aside. Yet the queen had every confidence that Daniel would be able to interpret the writings. We can hope that she had come to the knowledge of the living, true God.
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