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[[Image:Nebuchadnezzar-cameo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Cameo of Nebuchadnezzar in the Florence Museum]]

[[Image:Nebuchadnezzar-cameo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Cameo of Nebuchadnezzar in the Florence Museum]]

[[Nebuchadnezzar II]] (635 BC-vr. 607 BC-r. 605 BC-562 BC) (''Nabu-Kudduri-Usur'' Nebo, Protect My Eldest Son or Nebo, Protect the Border),<ref name=Nisbett>Nisbett, Michael John. "[http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-nebuchadnezzar.htm Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''[http://www.nisbett.com/ The Christian Resource Centre]'' (Bermuda). Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=WebBible>Authors unknown. "[http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/nebuchadnezzar.html Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." WebBible Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref> or "Nebuchadrezzar" as the Prophet [[Jeremiah (Prophet)|Jeremiah]] spelled his name, was King of the Chaldeans and final conqueror of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]], called "Judah."<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 740, 755, 770, 775, 782, 787, 832, 881-2, 886, 890-1.</ref><ref name=keyway>[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/roadsign.htm Wayne Blank], "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/nebuch.htm Entry for King Nebuchadnezzar]," ''Church of God Daily Bible Study'', retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=ColumbiaH>Author unknown. "[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Nebuchad.html Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', 6th ed., 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007, from the [http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Highbeam Encyclopedia].</ref><ref name=Gill>Gill, N. S. "[http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/g/nebuchadnezzar.htm Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''About.com''. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=Lexicorient>[http://lexicorient.com/tore-eo.htm Kjeilen, Tore]. "[http://lexicorient.com/e.o/nebuchadnezzar_2.htm Entry for 'Nebuchadnezzar 2']." ''[http://lexicorient.com/e.o/index.htm Encyclopedia of the Orient],'' 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref> He was the first of many heads-of-state of foreign superpowers to come to a possibly salvific knowledge of [[God]]. Ancient and modern historians have traditionally nicknamed him "The Great." The [[Septuagint]] spells his name as Ναβουχοδονοσορ (Nabouchodonosor).

'''Nebuchadnezzar II''', also called '''King Nebuchadnezzar the Second''' (635 BC-vr. 607 BC-r. 605 BC-562 BC) (''Nabu-Kudduri-Usur'' Nebo, Protect My Eldest Son or Nebo, Protect the Border),<ref name=Nisbett>Nisbett, Michael John. "[http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-nebuchadnezzar.htm Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''[http://www.nisbett.com/ The Christian Resource Centre]'' (Bermuda). Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=WebBible>Authors unknown. "[http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/nebuchadnezzar.html Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." WebBible Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref> or "Nebuchadrezzar" as the Prophet [[Jeremiah (Prophet)|Jeremiah]] spelled his name, was King of the Chaldeans and final conqueror of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]], called "Judah."<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 740, 755, 770, 775, 782, 787, 832, 881-2, 886, 890-1.</ref><ref name=keyway>[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/roadsign.htm Wayne Blank], "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/nebuch.htm Entry for King Nebuchadnezzar]," ''Church of God Daily Bible Study'', retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=ColumbiaH>Author unknown. "[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Nebuchad.html Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', 6th ed., 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007, from the [http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Highbeam Encyclopedia].</ref><ref name=Gill>Gill, N. S. "[http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/people/g/nebuchadnezzar.htm Entry for Nebuchadnezzar]." ''About.com''. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref><ref name=Lexicorient>[http://lexicorient.com/tore-eo.htm Kjeilen, Tore]. "[http://lexicorient.com/e.o/nebuchadnezzar_2.htm Entry for 'Nebuchadnezzar 2']." ''[http://lexicorient.com/e.o/index.htm Encyclopedia of the Orient],'' 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref> He was the first of many heads-of-state of foreign superpowers to come to a possibly salvific knowledge of [[God]]. Ancient and modern historians have traditionally nicknamed him "The Great." The [[Septuagint]] spells his name as Ναβουχοδονοσορ (Nabouchodonosor).

== Early Life ==

== Early Life ==