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Who Was Nebuchadnezzar? Things To Learn From Him
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The late President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, had this belief that he was a reincarnation of the ancient King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar.
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In his desire to make this belief public, he ordered that the archaeologists and construction workers restoring the ancient city of Babylon replace every other image of Nebuchadnezzar embedded in the walls with a similar style image of himself.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar and what can we learn from him?
Humanly speaking, Nebuchadnezzar, also sometimes spelled Nebuchadrezzar, was perhaps the greatest and most powerful king in Babylonian history. He was noted for his victories over the Egyptians who had conquered and occupied Assyria and Israel.
It was his victory over the Israelites in Jerusalem that led to the city being destroyed and the Israelites being carried away to Babylon as slaves (2 Kings 24-25; Daniel 1, Jeremiah 40; Jeremiah 46).
In addition to Nebuchadnezzar’s military prowess, he
