| Daniel 5:7
| And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise men, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom.
| Purple. This and the chain were reserved for the highest nobility. --- Third, or one of the three great officers, Daniel 6:1., and 2 Kings 23:8, 19.
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