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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.
Strengthening the case that Kudurru was Nabopolassar's father is the name of Nabopolassar's son, also Nebuchadnezzar. At this time, Nebuchadnezzar was a very rare name in Babylonia. Since the Babylonians employed patronymics, it is possible that Nabopolassar would have named
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 III: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur: 3 October 522 BC December 522 BC Babylonian rebel of the Zazakku family, claimed to be a son of Nabonidus [123] Darius I the Great (First reign) Dariamuš: December 522 BC 25 August 521 BC King of the Achaemenid Empire — distant relative of Cyrus II [122] Nebuchadnezzar IV: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur: 25 ...
He is very likely to have been the father of Nebuchadnezzar, governor of Uruk under Esarhaddon's successor Ashurbanipal (r. 669–631 BC), and the grandfather of Nabopolassar (r. 626–605 BC), the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, making Nabonassar the progenitor of the Chaldean dynasty of Babylonian kings. [1]
The borders of the Neo-Babylonian Empire established under Amēl-Marduk's father and predecessor Nebuchadnezzar II. Amēl-Marduk was the successor of his father, Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC). [1] It seems that the succession to Nebuchadnezzar was troublesome and that the king's last years were prone to political instability. [3]
Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field. Mindy Weisberger, CNN. December 27, 2023 at 7:54 AM. Matthew D. Howland.
In 2007, Assyriologist Michael Jursa identified Nebuchadnezzar as the father of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who rebelled against Sinsharishkun in 626 BC (this being the anti-Assyrian activities). If Nabopolassar was his son, Nabopolassar would go on to name his own son, Nebuchadnezzar II, after his father. [3]