Nabopolassar

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    The article I completed my research on was “ Isaiah 14 and Habakkuk 2: Two Taunt songs against the same tyrant?” In this article the author contrasts Isaiah 14 and Habakkuk 2 and speaks on the similarities between the two rulers mentioned. The reason for comparing Isaiah 14 and Habakkuk 2 is because of the prominent monarch figure in both of the passages and the taunt songs that accompany it. Even though Isaiah and Habakkuk were written by different people, the author of this article makes his claim that they are speaking of the same end - time dictator. This article starts off with introducing the taunt-song genre and why this is unique to Isaiah and Habakkuk. The focal point through which the author makes this comparison is through the taunt songs framework used in the passages. “ A taunt song compromises a special literary genre that expresses public humiliation and excretion over the ill-fortune of an individual or group” (Hassler, M. 2015, page 221). In Isaiah, the despot referred to is called the King of Babylon; in Habakkuk, they name the monarch the proud one. According to the text, both rulers are seen as very powerful. They conquer the world, which includes defeating Lebanon, acquire slaves, and die, which their enemies are very pleased with. These taunt songs used in these passages are longer songs filled with dialogue and show final judgment with no room for hope. The ruler in Isaiah is referred to as the King of Babylon. In Isaiah 13 the Bible addresses…

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    During Nebuchadnezzar’s life, he married Amytis of Media. Amytis is the daughter of the king of Medes, Cyaxares. Nabopolassar already had an alliance before, but they had to recreate one when Nabopolassar died. His idea of marrying a lady from a different place was very smart and helpful to Nebuchadnezzar overtime. Once he married Amytis, an alliance was created between Babylon and the king of Medes, who is the father of Amytis and his people, but when Medes started to expand it became a…

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    The Babylonian Chronicles is a tablet made of baked clay and records events from 605-594BC. The tablet was written in the 6th century BC, is a little over three inches in height and was written in the Akkadian language using cuneiform script. The Babylonian Chronicles were written from the reign of Nabopolassar up to the Parthian Period by Babylonian astronomers and record major events in Babylonian history and events mentioned in the Bible. It was excavated by Robert Koldeway in the late 1800s…

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    King Nebuchadnezzar II was the second greatest king of ancient Babylon. Nabopolassar, his father, was the greatest. King Nabopolassar defeated the Assyrians with the help of the Medes and took back Babylonia from the Assyrians. In this way he provided for his son, Nebuchadnezzar II, a good home and a lot of money that he could use to build. Nebuchadnezzar II took full advantage of this opportunity for greatness. He married Amytis of Media and secured an alliance between the Medes and the…

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    Nebuchadnezzar II should be remembered for his military achievements, he turned a deteriorating town into an empire, and he was also the greatest king that ancient Babylon has ever had. Nebuchadnezzar was the son of former king, King Nabopolassar. This being said, Nebuchadnezzar had some big shoes to fill. His father defeated the Assyrians and liberated Babylonia from Assyrian rule, Nabopolassar could not do this by himself. He asked for help from the Medes to defeat the Assyrians. In defeating…

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    the plane of Shinar. It was built in the same plane that the tower of Babel was built. This is ironic because the meaning of word Babel and the word Babylon are the same. They both mean confusion. In fact, Babel is the Hebrew word for Babylon. Confusion is not the only meaning for Babylon though. In Akkadian it means “Gate of the Gods”. This goes to show that the Babylonians had a great amount of pride in their city.1 Babylon did not start out as a great city. It was a part of the Assyrian…

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    constantly sought the sanctuaries of Nabu and Marduk, my lords” (Beaulieu 1-6 ). However, Nabopolassar indicated in this “Wisdom Address to Future Generations,” he urges to “Any king, at any time, whether a son or a grandson who will succeed me, (and) whose name Marduk will call to rulership of the country, do not be concerned with feats of might and Power. Seek the sanctuaries of Nabu and Karuk and let them slay your enemies,” and the guidance continues with a report of how Marduk acts upon his…

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    Christian Old Testament he is called As nappar or Osnapper, while the Greeks knew him as Sardanapolos and the Romans as Sardanapulus. He achieved the greatest territorial expansion of the Assyrian Empirewhich included Babylonia, Persia, Syria, and Egyptalthough Egypt was lost as a result of a revolt under the reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Psammetichus I. Ashurbanipal was a popular king who ruled his citizens fairly but was marked for his cruelty toward those whom he defeated the best known…

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    issues, he spends a large amount of time on the historical claims surrounding Nebuchadnezzar. In this section, Yamauchi gives roughly three arguments as to how the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and the events that took place during his rule all support a sixth century dating of Daniel. The strongest of which might be his discussion on the term Chaldean, regarded by many as an anachronism. He claims “underwent an evolution similar to the word Magi…and gradually came to mean “astrologer” or magician”…

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    In a bloody battle with Necho’s Egyptian army in 605 BC, Prince Nebuchadnezzar the son of Nabopolassar, pushed the Egyptian army back across the river and claimed Judah to Babylon. After Nebuchadnezzar departed back to his homeland to ascend to the throne, Judah began to revolt against the Babylonian rule which called for the now King to return to suppress the trouble. Upon his return the King had completed many projects to remind Judah of whom their king was. One of the projects was to take…

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