נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרNᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar

Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon

Pronunciation: neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5019

Meanings

proper name, masculine: Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon (reigned B.C. 605-562), who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive (2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 25:1)

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Where it appears

Appears 60 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land of Judah. Jehoiakim surrendered and paid him tribute for three years but then rebelled.
  • 2 Kings 24:10 During Jehoiachin’s reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it.
  • 2 Kings 24:11 Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege.
  • 2 Kings 25:1 So on January 15, during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.
  • 2 Kings 25:8 On August 14 of that year, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kings 25:22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan as governor over the people he had left in Judah.
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