Nebuchadnezzar (630-562 B.C.) was a king of Babylon during whose long and eventful reign the Neo-Babylonian Empire attained its peak and the city of Babylon its greatest glory. Nebuchadnezzar--more properly Nebuchadrezzar--is the biblical form of the...

r. 605-562 B.C. King of Babylonia who founded the Babylonian Empire and made it the primary military power in the Middle East. When his father, who was governor of Babylon, revolted against Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar became commander of the army. His...

Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar (listen) (c 630-562 BC), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC. He is famous for his monumental building within his capital of Babylon, his role in the Book of...