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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

bel-te-shaz'-ar (belTsha'tstsar Babylonian BalaT-sharucur "protect his life"; Da 4:8): The Bah name given to Daniel (Da 1:7; 2:26; 5:12). Not to be confounded with Belshazzar.