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

[[Image:Nebuchadnezzar-cameo.jpg|thumb|4000px|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), or "Nebuchadnezzar the Great," was King of the Chaldeans and Emperor of the [[Babylonian Empire]]. He it was who finally conquered the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]], called "Judah." He was the first of many heads-of-state of foreign superpowers to come to a possibly salvific knowledge of [[God]].

[[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), or "Nebuchadnezzar the Great," was King of the Chaldeans and Emperor of the [[Babylonian Empire]]. He it was who finally conquered the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]], called "Judah." He was the first of many heads-of-state of foreign superpowers to come to a possibly salvific knowledge of [[God]].

== Final Years ==

== Final Years ==

[[Image:IshtarGate.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bas-relief from the Ishtar Gate]]

[[Image:IshtarGate.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bas-relief from the Ishtar Gate]]

[[Image:Blake.nebuchadnezzar.lycanthrope.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nebuchadnezzar as lycanthrope, by William Blake]]

[[Image:Blake.nebuchadnezzar.lycanthrope.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Nebuchadnezzar as lycanthrope, by William Blake]]

Nebuchadnezzar then returned to Babylon and set about building it into the greatest capital city he could imagine. He might have built the famed Ishtar Gate at this time. The image at the right shows lions, which Nebuchadnezzar had adopted as his symbol.

Nebuchadnezzar then returned to Babylon and set about building it into the greatest capital city he could imagine. He might have built the famed Ishtar Gate at this time. The image at the right shows lions, which Nebuchadnezzar had adopted as his symbol.