Nebuchadrezzar II

Nebuchadrezzar (sometimes Nebuchadnezzar) II (reigned 605 BC - 562 BC), perhaps the best known ruler of Babylon in the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty. He is (in)famous for his conquests of Judah and Jerusalem, in addition to his monumental building within his capital of Babylon. He is sometimes called "Nebuchadrezzar the Great", but because of his destruction of temples in Jerusalem and the conquest of Judah, he was vilified in the Bible and the appellation of "Great" was lost.

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605 BC - 562 BC - Babylon - Judah - Jerusalem

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His name, in Akkadian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, means "Nebo, protect the boundary-stone". In an inscription he styles himself "Nebo's favourite." (The Hebrew form is נבוכדנאצר Nəbhûkhadhnệşşar, Nevuchadnettzar, N'vuchadnettzar. The presence of the א (aleph) may indicate an earlier Hebrew pronunciation Nevuchaden'ettzar.)

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Akkadian - Boundary-stone - Inscription - Hebrew - Aleph

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