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Nebuchadnezzar I [b] (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: md Nabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) [i 2] or md Nábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, [i 3] meaning "Nabû, protect my eldest son" or "Nabû, protect the border"; reigned c. 1121–1100 BC) was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.
The Babylonian Chronicles, which were published by Donald Wiseman in 1956, establish that Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem the first time on March 16, 597 BC. [7] Before Wiseman's publication, E. R. Thiele had determined from the biblical texts that Nebuchadnezzar's initial capture of Jerusalem occurred in the spring of 597 BC, [8] but other scholars, including William F. Albright, more ...
In 597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem. [9] Jehoiakim died during the siege and was succeeded by his son Jeconiah at an age of either eight or eighteen. The city fell about three months later, on 2 Adar (March 16) 597 BC. Nebuchadnezzar II pillaged both Jerusalem and the Temple and carted all of his spoils to Babylon.
The designation as the first Sealand dynasty differentiates it from Dynasty V, which the Babylonians actually referred to as a 'dynasty of the Sealand'. [65] This dynasty overlaps with Dynasty I and Dynasty III, with these kings actually ruling the region south of Babylon (the Sealand) rather than Babylon itself. [ 22 ]
599–597 BCE: first Babylonian siege – Nebuchadnezzar II crushed a rebellion in the Kingdom of Judah and other cities in the Levant which had been sparked by the Neo-Babylonians failed invasion of Egypt in 601. Jehoiachin of Jerusalem deported to Babylon.
Detail of the Inscription. A translation of the first section of the inscription is described below: "I am Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the exalted prince, the favourite of the god Marduk, the beloved of the god Nabu, the arbiter, the possessor of wisdom, who reverences their lordship, the untiring governor who is constantly anxious for the maintenance of the shrines of Babylonia and ...
Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field ... The 10 carry-on essentials that make for a first-class experience, according to pilots ...
The Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, also known as Jerusalem Chronicle, [1] is one of the series of Babylonian Chronicles, and contains a description of the first eleven years of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II.