KJV ORIGINAL
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So Belshazzar kept his word and had Daniel dressed in royal scarlet robes with a gold chain around his neck. Then he officially announced that Daniel was now the third most powerful person in the entire kingdom.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When you speak truth to power, sometimes you get rewarded even when the message isn't what they wanted to hear.
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