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	Nebuchadrezzar II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is traditionally called "Nebuchadnezzar the Great", but his destruction of temples in Jerusalem and the conquest of Judah caused his vilification in Judaic tradition and in the Bible, causing him to be interpreted very differently by western Christians and Jews than in contemporary Iraq, where he is glorified as a historic leader.
		Nebuchadnezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in ruins.
		After the defeat of the Cimmerians and Scythians, all of Nebuchadrezzar's expeditions were directed westwards, although a powerful neighbour lay to the North; the cause of this was that a wise political marriage with Amuhia, the daughter of the Median king, had insured a lasting peace between the two empires.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nebuchadrezzar_II (1428 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - NEBUCHADNEZZAR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nebuchadnezzar caused Jerusalem to be destroyed, and the sacred vessels of the Temple to be carried to Babylon.
		Nebuchadnezzar did not on this occasion go to Jerusalem, but received the Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem at Daphne, a suburb of Antioch, informing that body that it was not his intention to destroy the Temple, but that the rebellious Jehoiakim must be delivered to him, which in fact was done (Seder 'Olam R. xxv.; Midr.
		Therefore after Nebuchadnezzar had died and the nobles of the realm came to the son to swear fealty to him as their king, he did not dare listen to them until they brought the corpse of his father, so that he could convince himself that the latter really was dead (Lev.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=154&letter=N (2215 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		B.C., Nebuchadnezzar crushed the revolt and carried off the young Jehoiachin and many of his nobles to Babylon.
		Nebuchadnezzar then placed the puppet king Zedekiah on the throne of Judaea.
		B.C. Nebuchadnezzar was a splendid builder, and Babylon with its hanging gardens was then the greatest city of the ancient world.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ne/Nebuchad.html (230 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar II - MSN Encarta
		Nebuchadnezzar II (reigned 605-562 bc), greatest king of the neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean, dynasty, who conquered much of southwestern Asia; known also for his extensive building in the major cities of Babylonia.
		The eldest son of Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar commanded a Babylonian army late in his father's reign and in 605 bc triumphed over Egyptian forces at the decisive Battle of Carchemish in Syria, which made Babylonia the primary military power in the Middle East.
		Nebuchadnezzar died in early October 562 bc and was succeeded by his son Amel-Marduk (the biblical Evil-Merodach).
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	Babylon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On his death, Babylonia was left to be governed by his elder son Shamash-shum-ukin, who eventually headed a revolt in 652 BC against his brother in Nineveh, Assurbanipal.
		Nebuchadnezzar ordered the complete reconstruction of the imperial grounds, including rebuilding the Etemenanki ziggurat and the construction of the Ishtar Gate — the most spectacular of eight gates that ringed the perimeter of Babylon.
		Nebuchadnezzar is also credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), said to have been built for his homesick wife Amyitis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babylon (1737 words)

	Glossary
		He is known as Nebuchadnezzar I. The king mentioned in the Bible is known as Nebuchadnezzar II by modern scholars.
		Nebuchadnezzar II was the most powerful and longest reigning king of the Neo-Babylonian (625-539 b.c.) period.
		From the perspective of biblical Israel, the events associated with the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II that had the most lasting effect upon their destiny were the destruction of Judea, the conquest of Jerusalem, the setting to the torch of the Temple of Solomon, and the exile to Babylonia (597-581 b.c.).
	www.bibletexts.com /glossary/nebuchadnezzar.htm (892 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, the best known of these kings, who conquered Aram and Israel.
		Nebuchadnezzar III of Babylon (Niditu-bel), rebel against Darius I of Persia (522 BC).
		Nebuchadnezzar IV of Babylon (Arakha), rebel against Darius I of Persia (521 BC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nebuchadnezzar (168 words)

	The Neo-
		Internal difficulties and the recognition that the narrow strip of land from the Persian Gulf to Syria could not be defended against a major attack from the east induced Nabonidus to leave Babylonia around 552 and to reside in Taima (Tayma') in northern Arabia.
		His viceroy in Babylonia was his son Bel-shar-usur, the Belshazzar of the Book of Daniel in the Bible.
		In 542 Nabonidus returned to Babylonia, where his son had been able to maintain good order in external matters but had not overcome a growing internal opposition to his father.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/Gilgamesh/neobabyl.html (1759 words)

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		Nebuchadnezzar II was one of the greatest kings of the Middle East, and is known principally by the Western World for conquering Jerusalem and deporting the king of Judah, Jehoiakim, and many of his people to Babylon (Orient Encyclopedia).
		Nebuchadnezzar II, the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (605-562 BC), was born in about 635 BC and was is especially known for his conquest of Jerusalem and for the rebuilding of Babylon.
		One of Nebuchadnezzar's major buildings was the Southern Palace, which composed of five courtyards, each surrounded by halls and a diversity of chambers, one of which is a throne room, 52 by 25 meters long.
	cdli.ucla.edu /staff/englund/m104websubmissions/nebuchadnezzar/nebuchadnezzar.html (1979 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar
		Nebuchadnezzar - in the Babylonian orthography Nabu-kudur-uzur, which means "Nebo, protect the crown!" or the "frontiers." In an inscription he styles himself "Nebo's favourite." He was the son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in ruins.
		Nebuchadnezzar also subdued the whole of Palestine, and took Jerusalem, carrying away captive a great multitude of the Jews, among whom were Daniel and his companions (Dan.
		A remarkable confirmation of the Scripture narrative is afforded by the recent discovery of a bronze door-step, which bears an inscription to the effect that it was presented by Nebuchadnezzar to the great temple at Borsippa as a votive offering on account of his recovery from a terrible illness.
	www.biblelearn.com /east2684.htm (767 words)

	Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II
		The Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle"; ABC 5) is one of the historiographical texts from ancient Babylonia.
		Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives, his officials, and the most important leaders of Judah.
		Here is a list of the number of the people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia as prisoners: in his seventh year as king, he took 3,023 people; in his eighteenth year as king, he took 832 from Jerusalem; in his twenty-third year as king, his officer Nebuzaradan took 745 people.
	www.livius.org /cg-cm/chronicles/abc5/jerusalem.html (1204 words)

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		Love for a woman prompted Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia to order the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to be built during his reign of 43 years (604-562 BC).
		Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens to please his homesick wife of concubine, Amyitis, who was from Media.
		Nebuchadnezzar, with hope of making her happier, decided to build a "recreated homeland" which was an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/11/19/fea09.htm (1265 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Nebuchadnezzar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Belshazzar BELSHAZZAR [Belshazzar], according to the Bible, son of Nebuchadnezzar and last king of Babylon.
		Daniel interpreted it as a prophecy of doom; that night Babylonia fell to the otherwise unknown Darius the Mede.
		He and his court were carried away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon and imprisoned.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articlesnew/09080.html (218 words)

	ANE History: Babylonia
		At long last the Kassites were expelled, but disorder continued in Babylonia for another four hundred years under a series of obscure rulers with long names that you don't want to know, until the rising power of Assyria in the north stretched down and brought Babylonia under the power of the Ninevite kings.
		The rise of the Medes weakened Assyria and with their help, Nabopolassar libertated Babylonia, set up an independant dynasty, and after his death (Aug. 15, 605 BC), bequeathed this second Babylonian kingdom to his son, Nebuchadnezzer II -- the Nebuchadnezzer of Daniel (Daniel was taken captive to Babylon during the summer of 605 BC).
		Nebuchadnezzar, after a long reign of victory and prosperity, after beautifying his city with roads and palaces and errecting fifty-four temples to the gods, became ill with a strange insanity.
	www.theology.edu /lec22.htm (2938 words)

	Babylonian - Tower of Babel
		Babylonia later fell under the rule of the dynasty of the Sealand, at least for a brief period.
		They were eventually successful, and a weakened Babylonia fell prey to the Elamites, who invaded it from the east, deposed its Kassite king, and practically reduced it to a state of vassalage.
		The ancient Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
	www.crystalinks.com /babylonian.html (4415 words)

	brief history of Babylonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Aramaic gradually became the common tongue of Mesopotamia and the Aramaeans or Chaldeans were occupying Babylonia and southern Mesopotamia by the 9th century.
		Babylonia was also out of the picture in Anatolia where Media and Lydia were fighting for control.
		Nebuchadnezzar was the builder of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world, which followed the architectural tradition of Mesopotamia going back to the earliest Sumerian temples at Uruk.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /b/babylonia.html (1471 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar of Chaldeans Rebuilds Babylonia
		In 605 BC, Nabopolassar, the king of Chaldeans, began Neo-Babylonia, known as the Chaldean dynasty.
		His son, Nebuchadnezzar II, then reorganized and expanded Babylonia to the full extent of the Fertile Crescent, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
		Nebuchadnezzar II, also known as Nebuchadrezzar II, ruled for 43 years from 605BC to 562BC.
	www.einfoweb.com /mesopotamia/babylonians/neobabylon.html (178 words)

	Babylonia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The wealth of Babylonia tempted nomadic and seminomadic neighbors; even under Hammurabi’s successor Babylonia was having to stave off assaults.
		Egypt had already been defeated by Nebuchadnezzar in the great battle of Carchemish (605) while Nabopolassar was still alive.
		Babylonia became an important region of the Persian Empire.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ba/Babylonia.html (484 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		He must have possessed an enormous command of human labor, nine-tenths of Babylon itself, and nineteen-twentieths of all the other ruins that in almost countless profusion cover the land, are composed of bricks stamped with his name.
		3) into which the three Hebrew confessors were cast, Nebuchadnezzar was afflicted with some peculiar mental aberration as a punishment for his pride and vanity, probably the form of madness known as lycanthropy (i.e, "the change of a man into a wolf").
		"I have examined," says Sir H. Rawlinson, "the bricks belonging perhaps to a hundred different towns and cities in the neighborhood of Baghdad, and I never found any other legend than that of Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon." Nine-tenths of all the bricks amid the ruins of Babylon are stamped with his name.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/nebuchadnezzar.html (764 words)

	ForMinistry - vsItemDisplay
		The Babylonian king described in the Bible is Nebuchadnezzar II, the longest reigning and most successful king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
		Babylonia's major competition for power during this time came from Media to the north (northwest Iran) and Egypt to the west.
		King Neco of Egypt was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar and driven back to his country (2 Kgs 24.7).
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	The Slides
		Nebuchadnezzar restored Babylon to its rank as one of the great cities of antiquity.
		Detail of the Ishtar Gate, made of glazed bricks, which served as an entrance to the city, leading to the Processional Way in Babylon, built on the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar II (605 - 562 B.C.).
		"Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon was a mud-brick city, but dazzling blue-glazed bricks faced the most important monuments.
	www.bornemania.com /civ/babylon2/index.html (273 words)

	Nebuchadnezzar
		562 B.C., king of Babylonia (c.605–562 B.C.), son and successor of Nabopolassar.
		In his father's reign he was sent to oppose the Egyptians, who were occupying W Syria and Palestine.
		Sarsechim - Sarsechim, in the Bible, general with Nebuchadnezzar at Jerusalem.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0835092.html (276 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Nebuchadnezzar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Mar., 597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar crushed the revolt and carried off the young Jehoiachin and many of his nobles to Babylon.
		After a siege of about a year, Jerusalem was finally destroyed in 586 BC Nebuchadnezzar was a splendid builder, and Babylon with its hanging gardens was then the greatest city of the ancient world.
		Nebuchadnezzar II World Encyclopedia; 1/1/1980; ; 146 words
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nebuchad.asp (349 words)

	Thy Kingdom Come Book Sales - Chaldea - New Babylonia
		Their invasion of Southern Babylonia from the 10th-8th centuries B.C.E. was nearly simultaneous with the Aramaean invasion of Syria.
		Under Nebuchadnezzar, the city of Babylon was rebuilt with great splendor; it would eventually become one of the most magnificent human cities in the area of the Middle East and Mediterranean.
		For almost two and a half centuries, Mesopotamia and Babylon at its center, dominated the landscape of early civilization in the Middle East to be finally eclipsed by the rising sun of the Indo-European cultures to the north and to the west.
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	Nebuchadnezzar II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Featured in the Old Testament, Nebuchadnezzar II, a brilliant military leader, conquered much of southwest Asia and restored Babylonia to its former supremacy.
		His father, Nabopolassar, had proclaimed himself king of Babylonia, and as commander of his father's army, Nebuchadnezzar won back the Babylonian lands that had been absorbed into the Assyrian Empire.
		Nebuchadnezzar's renovation program in Babylonia is legendary and he is credited with building the Hanging Gardens to simulate the hills of his Median wife's native land.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/n/nebuchadnezzar/a77.html (159 words)

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