Nebuchadrezzar II

Nebuchadrezzar II
or Nebuchadnezzar biographical name circa 630-562 B.C. Chaldean king of Babylon (605-562)

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  • Nebuchadrezzar II — Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar audio2|En us Nebuchadnezzar.ogg (c 630 562 BC), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC 562 BC. He is mentioned in the Book of Daniel, and he constructed the… …   Wikipedia

  • Nebuchadrezzar I — Nebuchadrezzar I, more commonly known as Nebuchadnezzar I (Akkadian: Nabu kudurri usur , meaning Nebo, protect my eldest son or Nebo, protect the border ), was the king of the Babylonian Empire from about 1125 BC to 1103 BC. He is considered to… …   Wikipedia

  • Nebuchadrezzar II — or Nebuchadnezzar born с 630 died с 561BC Second and greatest king of the Chaldean dynasty of Babylonia. He began his military career as an administrator (с 610 BC) and ascended the throne on his father s death, just after winning Syria from the… …   Universalium

  • Nebuchadrezzar II — King of Babylon 605 562 BC.     Babylonia had replaced *Assyria as Egypt s great enemy when *Assyria fell to the Medes and the Babylonians with the sack of Nineveh, in 612 BC. The kings of the Twenty sixth Dynasty now faced a new threat, and… …   Ancient Egypt

  • Nebuchadrezzar I — ▪ king of Babylonia flourished 12th century BC       most famous Babylonian king (reigned c. 1119–c. 1098 BC) of the 2nd dynasty of the Isin.       In revenge for earlier humiliating conquests and defeats that the Elamites (Elam) had inflicted on …   Universalium

  • NEBUCHADREZZAR I — (NABU KUDURRU USUR in babylonian; reigned 1126–1105 B.C.)    Babylonian king of the Second Dynasty of Isin. He secured his place in the Babylonian historical tradition by a decisive victory over Elam, which had been a major threat to Babylonia… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

  • NEBUCHADREZZAR II — (NABU KUDURRU USUR in babylonian; reigned 605–562 B.C.)    Babylonian king, son of Nabopolassar. Before his father’s death, he had managed to defeat the Egyptians at Charchemish. He went to Babylon to be crowned but quickly returned to Syria. He… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

  • Nebuchadrezzar — noun (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630? 562 BC) • Syn: ↑Nebuchadnezzar, ↑Nebuchadnezzar II, ↑Nebuchadrezzar II • Topics: ↑Old Testament • …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nebuchadrezzar II — noun (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630? 562 BC) • Syn: ↑Nebuchadnezzar, ↑Nebuchadnezzar II, ↑Nebuchadrezzar • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Insta …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nebuchadrezzar —    =Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 21:2, 7; 22:25; 24:1, etc.), a nearer approach to the correct spelling of the word …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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