NEBUCHADNEZZAR II


Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II
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Nebuchadnezzar II (/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/), also Nebuchadrezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur; Biblical Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר‎ – Nəḇūḵaḏreʾṣṣar or נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר‎ – Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar; Biblical Aramaic: נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר‎ – Nəḇūḵaḏneṣṣar), king of Babylon c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC, was the longest-reigning and most powerful monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.