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Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, late 3rd century/early 4th century. Depicted on Moone High Cross, Ireland, 10th century. King Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image in the plain of Dura and commanded that all his officials bow before it.
Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.In his night dream, the king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its head of gold to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 04:36, 15 April 2024: 750 × 1,146 (301 KB): Srnec: The statue with a golden head and feet of clay from Nebuchadnezzar's dream - KB, National Library of the Netherlands, Netherlands.
In chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a statue made of four different materials, identified as four kingdoms: Head of gold. Explicitly identified as King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (v. 37–38). Chest and arms of silver. Identified as an "inferior" kingdom to follow Nebuchadnezzar (v. 39). Belly and thighs of bronze.
A second story again casts Nebuchadnezzar as a tyrannical and pagan king, who, after Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refuse to worship a newly erected golden statue, sentences them to death through being thrown into a fiery furnace. They are miraculously delivered, and Nebuchadnezzar then acknowledges God as the "lord of kings" and "god of gods".
Nebuchadnezzar's 43-year reign brought with it a golden age for Babylon, which became the most powerful kingdom in the Middle East. [25] Nebuchadnezzar's most famous campaigns today are his wars in the Levant. These campaigns began relatively early in his reign and were chiefly conducted to consolidate his empire by incorporating the newly ...
Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field. Mindy Weisberger, CNN. December 27, 2023 at 7:54 AM. Matthew D. Howland.
Detail of the Inscription. A translation of the first section of the inscription is described below: "I am Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the exalted prince, the favourite of the god Marduk, the beloved of the god Nabu, the arbiter, the possessor of wisdom, who reverences their lordship, the untiring governor who is constantly anxious for the maintenance of the shrines of Babylonia and ...