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Nebuchadnezzar II

Role
king
Era
634 BC–562 BC
Passages
62
Named in
Old Testament (9 books)

Babylonian king who destroyed Jerusalem and deported its population.

The name

More than one form is recorded — a renaming, or the Greek and Hebrew of the same person. They are listed under one entry rather than as separate people.

Outside scripture

Critical

One of the best-attested figures in the Old Testament, documented in his own administrative records.

Attestation. Babylonian Chronicles; building inscriptions; ration tablets from Babylon naming Jehoiachin of Judah.

This is a question of evidence, not of doctrine, and is kept separate from the disagreements above for that reason.

Places named alongside

Named in

Showing the first 60 of 62 passages, in canonical order.

Passages are linked from the tagged text; the summary and any positions above are written by hand and cited.