S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

Nebuchadnezzar II, sometimes alternately spelled Nebuchadrezzar, was king of Babylonia from approximately 605 BC until approximately 562 BC. He is considered the greatest king of the Babylonian Emp...

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July 01 2013 • 1 response • Vote Up • Share • Report

Marvin Reynolds Supporter Retired Chaplain U.S. Army Hospital

Nebuchadnezzar is an example of God's sovereignty in caring out his Will. The Kingdom he ruled in Babylon was destroyed before Israel's return to the promised land. The issue is obviously faith on his behalf and his action he carried out taking Israel into captivity under God's direction to protect his people. 

This King was given an image that is the history of all events in this world and the reason Jesus will return and wreck the image and establish a kingdom of God that will last for 1,000 years till the last two battles of our world are fought. 

In the book of Daniel, Babylon ended by the hand of God on the wall the night before they were destroyed. 

You can get very extensive on this man called Nebuchadnezzar. He protected Israel but in the end mistreated them ending his kingdom. Another noted the MOON GOD of Babylon has a name recorded we have found and it is called SIN! It is engraved on much glass and other items found in Babylon. (Might note that her symbol was a CRESCENT MOON and STAR same as used by all Islamic States on their flags.)

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John Appelt Supporter

The most mentioned foreign king in the Bible is Nebuchadnezzar. The son of Nabopolassar and the second king of the Babylonian Empire is referred to in every book from II Kings to Esther, as well as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. 

Nebuchadnezzar became involved with Jewish history when he defeated Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at Carchemish on the Euphrates, II Kings 24:7. He was the “servant of God,” Jeremiah 25:9, 27:6, 43:10, to deal with the wayward nation of Judah, whose kings did evil against the Lord and also rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. He destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and took Judah into captivity for seventy years.

This timeline of Nebuchadnezzar, directly from the Bible, shows his interaction with the Jewish people:

Year 1 – Jehoiakim’s 3rd to 4th year; Jeremiah’s 23rd year as prophet of God since starting in the 13th year of Josiah; Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharaoh Necho of Egypt and first besieged Jerusalem, Jeremiah 1:1-3, 25:1-3, 46:2, Daniel 1:1.

Year 2 – Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the end days, Daniel 2:1. 

Year 7 – Nebuchadnezzar took 3,023 Jews into exile, Jeremiah 52:28.

Year 8 – Jehoiachin (son of Jehoiakim) surrendered, becoming prisoner to Nebuchadnezzar who took the treasures of the temple and made Zedekiah (Mattaniah) king of Judah, II Kings 24:10-17; official start of the Babylonian captivity, Jeremiah 29:1-2, 10.

Year 18 – Zedekiah’s 10th year, Nebuchadnezzar took 832 Jews into exile, Jeremiah 32:1, 52:29.

Year 19 – Zedekiah’s 11th year; after three-year siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the walls were breached and the temple burned, II Kings 25:1-2, 8, Jeremiah 39:1, 2, 52:4, 12-15.

Year 23 – Nebuchadnezzar took 745 people into captivity, Jeremiah 52:30.

(Year 44) – Nebuchadnezzar died; his successor Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, released Jehoiachin in his 37th year of captivity, II Kings 25:27. 

The book of Daniel reveals much about Nebuchadnezzar that is believed to not be recorded elsewhere. For example, the visions and dreams, the image he constructed, and the burning fiery furnace are not in any of his records. Also, the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, interpreted by Daniel, presents an unusual revelation of God’s timetable for the empires of the world until Jesus comes in power, Daniel 2:27-47. 

Nebuchadnezzar seems to have been a believer of God. The first hint is when seeing Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego survive the fiery furnace, he decreed death and devastation to anyone speaking against God, Daniel 3:29. Then, Daniel 4:1-37 is a confession of his faith in the Most High God, the King of heaven. The fact that he was put into the state of insanity (possibly “boanthropy” – believing one is an ox), announced by the voice from heaven, seems to indicate he was a believer of God being disciplined by God. The miraculous returning of his senses (perhaps after seven years), as well as his humble statement, seem to verify this, Daniel 4:34-37. Later, Daniel reprimanded Belshazzar for not humbling himself as his (grand)father Nebuchadnezzar did, Daniel 5:18-23. 

The Scriptures show what God can do even for a mighty king like Nebuchadnezzar.

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