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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.
Nebuchadnezzar II, [e] also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", [8] was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC.
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 ...
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.
Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, [1] meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"), [2] also spelled Nebuchadrezzar, [2] and most commonly known under the nickname Kudurru, was a governor of the city Uruk in Babylonia under the rule of Ashurbanipal (r.
The Ketef Hinnom scrolls or Amulets, are recognized as the oldest known surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible. 597: The first deportation of the Judean Israelites to Babylon, when King Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and exiled King Jehoiachin, along with a significant portion of the population. Babylonian Exile by James Tissot: 597–586
The Chronicle does not refer to Jerusalem directly but mentions a "City of Iaahudu", interpreted to be "City of Judah".The Chronicle states: In the seventh year (of Nebuchadnezzar) in the month Chislev (Nov/Dec) the king of Babylon assembled his army, and after he had invaded the land of Hatti (Turkey/Syria) he laid siege to the city of Judah.
Nebuchadnezzar III (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, [4] meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", [5] Old Persian: Nabukudracara), [1] alternatively spelled Nebuchadrezzar III [6] and also known by his original name Nidintu-Bêl (Old Persian: Naditabaira [1] or Naditabira), [2] [c] was a rebel king of Babylon in late 522 BC who attempted to restore Babylonia as an independent kingdom and ...