Nebuchadnezzar was King of Babylon at the time of Daniel. Modern research has shown that Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest monarch that Babylon, or perhaps the East generally, ever produced. He must have possessed an enormous command of human labour, 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. He appears to have built or restored almost every city and temple in the whole country.
After the incident of the "burning fiery furnace" (Dan. 3) into which the three Hebrew young men (Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego) were cast, Nebuchadnezzar was afflicted with some peculiar mental illness 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"). This caused him to wander around with uncut hair and nails eating grass like a wild beast until he eventually recovered and came to his senses. He survived his recovery for some years, and died B.C. 562, in the eighty-third or eighty-fourth year of his age, after a reign of forty-three years
2006-10-08 09:21:28
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answered by Doethineb 7
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Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebuchadrezzar, the Bible spells it both ways) was a king of Babylon who is said to have built the famous Hanging Gardens and to have conquered the Kingdom of Judah.
The other well known snippet of biblical information is that he went mad and ate (but did not smoke) grass.
2006-10-08 09:07:57
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answered by SteveT 7
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In Italian it is Nabucco. It was an opera written by Verdi and adopted into the Italian national anthem.
2006-10-08 11:17:19
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answered by William E 3
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As well as the biblical figure, you are talking about a bottle of champagne with the equivalent of 20 bottles of champagne in it...
2006-10-08 09:14:30
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answered by bovie 4
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Other than the fact that it is a huge bottle of champagne...not a lot
2006-10-08 09:06:15
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answered by Speewah 1
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He was a Biblical king from the old testament. (Christian bible)
2006-10-08 09:08:41
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answered by Metal kitty 1
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