Can somebody give me a quick run-down on King Nebuchadnezzar who shows up in 2 kings?

Question

Please include your feelings about what happened to Judah in this time period.

Answer 1

The son of Nabopolassar; became king of Babylon in 604 B.C. as Assyria was on the decline; died 561.His name, either in this spelling or in the more correct form, Nebuchadrezzar (from the original, "Nabu-kudurri-uṣur" = "Nebo, defend my boundary"), is found more than ninety times in the Old Testament.



Nebuchadnezzar's first notable act was the overthrow of the Egyptian army under Necho at the Euphrates in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer. xlvi. 2). It is entirely reasonable to suppose that at the same time he descended upon Palestine and made Jehoiakim his subject (II Kings xxiv. 1). This campaign took place in 605. The next year Nebuchadnezzar became king of Babylon; and he ruled for forty-three years, or until 561. Jehoiakim served him for three years, and then rebelled. He doubtless incited the neighboring tribes (ib. verse 2) to persecute Judah and bring its king to respect his oath. In 598 Nebuchadnezzar himself came westward, took Jehoiakim (II Chron. xxxvi. 6) and probably slew him, casting out his dead body unburied (Jer. xxii. 19, xxxvi. 30), and carried captive to Babylon 3,023 Jews (Jer. lii. 28). He placed Jehoiachin, the dead king's son, on the throne. Three months were sufficient to prove Jehoiachin's character (Ezek. xix. 5-9). He was taken with 10,000 of the best of the people of Jerusalem and carried to Babylon. His uncle Mattaniah, whose name was changed to Zedekiah, was put on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar in 597.

Egypt was continually intriguing with southwestern Asia, and was now courting the friendship of Zedekiah. This became so noticeable that Judah's king made a journey to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign (Jer. li. 59), probably to assure Nebuchadnezzar of his loyalty to him. But by the ninth year of his reign Zedekiah became so friendly with the Egyptians that he made a league with them and thereupon rebelled against the King of Babylon. With due despatch Nebuchadnezzar and his army left for the Westland. He placed his base of action at Riblah in the north, and went southward and laid siege to Jerusalem. By some message the Egyptians learned of the siege and hastily marched to the relief of the beleaguered ally. The Babylonians raised the siege (Jer. xxxvii. 3-5) long enough to repulse the Egyptian arms, and came back and settled about Jerusalem. At the end of eighteen months (586) the wall yielded. Zedekiah and his retinue fled by night, but were overtaken in the plains of the Jordan. The king and his sons were brought before Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah; the sons were slain, and the king's eyes bored out; and he was carried in chains to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar caused Jerusalem to be destroyed, and the sacred vessels of the Temple to be carried to Babylon. He placed Gedaliah in authority over the Jews who remained in the land. In the twenty-third year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar's captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews, who had been gathered from those scattered through the land. Nebuchadnezzar entered Egypt also (Jer. xlvi. 13-26; Ezek. xxix. 2-20), according to his own inscriptions about 567, and dealt a severe blow to its supremacy and power.

The representations in the Book of Daniel of Nebuchadnezzar's greatness are doubtless correct; and there is reason for believing that he was the great builder and glorifier of his capital. He was succeeded by his son Evil-merodach.E. G. H. I. M.

Answer 2

Nebuchadrezzar I, also 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 1104 BC. He is considered to be the greatest king of the Dynasty of Pashe (also known as the second Isin dynasty), a line which held the Babylonian throne through 1010 BC. His greatest success was re-establishing the Babylonian lands by driving out the Elamite invaders who had taken over much of the territory. He then proceeded to push out and solidify his borders, locking Babylon into a conflict with the Assyrians. He is not to be confused with the more well-known Nebuchadnezzar II of biblical fame.

Answer 3

You can find a lot of information about King Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel.

Answer 4

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. Subdued and exiled Judah, Daniel interprted his dreams, explained in the book of Daniel, worshiped God. (:

Answer 5

2 King 25:8-9
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

Answer 6

quick note,

He was a king, and then he decided to make everyone worship a man made statue, but Daniel, and two others did not want to worship and did not worship.. Then he threw them into a firey pit and they did not burn. Then God punished Nebuchadnezzar, and made him act like an animal until he recognized that all his power was given to him because of God.

Answer 7

Well, he's singled out as the most significant earthly ruler both by the standards of antiquity right up until the end of the world. A really multivaried study for anyone who studies this. Ominously, he is most definitely a type of Satan. And, really? This is all I'm prepared to say.

Answer 8

King Neuchadnezzar is a foreshadowing of who the anti-Christ will be. He represents the one who lead the people back into a form of slavery that they didn't have to go into. He convinced them that they could be who they wanted to be as long as they served him and his purpose and that he would take care of them. The only difference between him and the anti-Christ is that when you follow him it will be to eternal destruction.

Answer 9

How can someone give you a quick run down on someone who takes ten minutes just to spell his name?

Answer 10

Isn't he the guy who threw those boys in the firey furnace? The Israelites were exiled.