Daniel 5:1-30Daniel interprets the writing on the wall at King Belshazzar's banquet 539 BC (Bel dies)
Cyrus II of Persia conquers Babylon, Darius the Mede likely appointed as viceroy 539 BC
Daniel 6:1-9 Advisors to Darius convince him to set an edict that all should pray only to him
Daniel 6:10-28 Daniel is miraculously rescued from the lion's den