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In the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible, Belshazzar is referred to as Nebuchadnezzar's (grand)son. [10] It is alternatively possible that later traditions of Belshazzar being a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar are derived from royal propaganda, and that there was no connection to the previous ruling Chaldean dynasty. [1]
Given that Nebuchadnezzar at this point had been king for several decades and was the legitimate heir of his predecessor, the inscription is very strange, unless it was intended to help legitimize Nebuchadnezzar's successor, Amel-Marduk, who as a younger son and a former conspirator could be seen as politically problematic.
Son of Nebuchadnezzar II [120] Neriglissar: Nergal-šar-uṣur: August 560 BC April 556 BC Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II, usurped the throne [120] Labashi-Marduk: Lâbâši-Marduk: April 556 BC June 556 BC Son of Neriglissar [120] Nabonidus: Nabû-naʾid: 25 May 556 BC 13 October 539 BC
This time, the leader was Arakha, who like Nidintu-Bêl proclaimed himself to be a son of Nabonidus and took the name Nebuchadnezzar IV. [102] Arakha was actually the son of a man by the name of Haldita [102] [103] and was not a native Babylonian, but rather a Urartian [104] . [103]
Nebuchadnezzar I [b] (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: md Nabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) [i 2] or md Nábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, [i 3] meaning "Nabû, protect my eldest son" or "Nabû, protect the border"; reigned c. 1121–1100 BC) was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.
Nabu-shum-lishir (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-šum-līšir, [1] meaning "Nabu, make the name prosper!") [2] was a Babylonian prince of the Chaldean dynasty and the second eldest son of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He may have attempted to usurp the Babylonian throne from his elder brother, Nebuchadnezzar II, in 602 BC.
Belshazzar is portrayed as king of Babylon and son of Nebuchadnezzar, but was the son of King Nabonidus, one of Nebuchadnezzar's successors, who deputised for Nabonidus when the latter was away in Teima, [18] but never became king. [17] The conqueror is named Darius the Mede, but no such individual is known to history.
Ishmael (Hebrew: ישמעאל God shall hear) ben (= 'son of') Nethaniah was a member of the royal household of Judah who, according to biblical accounts in II Kings and Jeremiah, assassinated Gedaliah after he was appointed governor of Judah by king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.