Nebuchadnezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II
(reigned ca. 604-562 b.c.)
   A prominent Babylonian king and the son of Nabopolassar, founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar (or Nabu-kudurru-usur or Nebuchadrezzar) defeated the Egyptians at carchemish in northern Syria and extended Babylonian control over Syria and Palestine. He also besieged the Hebrew city of Jerusalem twice. After the second and successful siege in 586 b.c., he burned the great temple and deported the leading Hebrews to Babylonia during the so-called Babylonian captivity. Nebuchadnezzar also campaigned against the Elamites. Eventually he was able to sit back and collect huge revenues in taxes and tribute from his far-flung empire. He spent much of the money improving and beautifying Babylon, including building new defensive walls and a moat, erecting a bridge over the Euphrates, constructing new palaces, enlarging the temple of Marduk, and beginning a large, new ziggurat. Nebuchadnezzar married a Median princess, Amytis, and according to some ancient sources built for her the magnificent Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Frequent references to him in the Old Testament, especially in the book of Daniel, which describes his sacking of Jerusalem, have made him one of the most famous of all the ancient Mesopotamian kings.

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