נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר

2 Kings 24:1 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon from 605 to 562 BC. In Babylonian his name is Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, "O Nabu, protect my offspring/heir." Kings spells it with an n. Jeremiah and Ezekiel usually spell it Nebuchadrezzar, with an r, which is closer to the Babylonian.

2 Kings 24:10 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

2 Kings 24:11 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

2 Kings 25:1 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר Nebuchadnezzar

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). The Babylonian name, Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, means roughly "Nabu, protect my heir." Kings uses the form with an n; Jeremiah and Ezekiel usually have the closer form with an r, "Nebuchadrezzar."

2 Kings 25:8 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:22 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

1 Chronicles 6:15 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּֽר׃ ס Nebuchadnezzar

Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Chronicles 36:6 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:7 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:10 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֔ר Nebuchadnezzar

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). In Akkadian his name is Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir/boundary'. The Hebrew spelling with 'n' is a common variant of the more accurate 'Nebuchadrezzar' found in Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

2 Chronicles 36:13 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ Nebuchadnezzar

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC), Zedekiah's overlord, who had installed him as king in 597 BC (2 Kings 24:17).

Ezra 1:7 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ Nebuchadnezzar

King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.

Ezra 2:1 נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Nehemiah 7:6 נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (605–562 BC), who deported Judeans in 597, 587/586 and 582 BC. The spelling with -n- is the later form used in late biblical books. Jeremiah and Ezekiel use the -r- form, which is closer to the Akkadian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur.

Esther 2:6 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

Jeremiah 21:2 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”

Here: Jeremiah's usual spelling, with an 'r'. It is closer to the Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir'. The more familiar 'Nebuchadnezzar' is a secondary form.

Jeremiah 21:7 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (605–562 BC). The '-rezzar' spelling, usual in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur.

Jeremiah 22:25 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 24:1 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

Here: The Babylonian king (reigned 605–562 BC). This spelling, with the 'r', is the one Jeremiah and Ezekiel usually use. It is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur than the more familiar 'Nebuchadnezzar'.

Jeremiah 25:1 לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר of Nebuchadnezzar

This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 25:9 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

Here: Spelled with an 'r' (Nebuchadrezzar), closer to the Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir'. Jeremiah usually spells it this way.

Jeremiah 27:6 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon about 605–562 BC. His Babylonian name, Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, means "O Nabu, protect my heir." He was the conqueror who had already taken Jerusalem in 597 BC.

Jeremiah 27:8 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

Jeremiah 27:20 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ Nebuchadnezzar

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:3 נְבוּכַדנֶאצַּ֤ר Nebuchadnezzar

Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.

Jeremiah 28:11 נְבֻֽכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

Jeremiah 28:14 נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

Jeremiah 29:1 נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֛ר Nebuchadnezzar

This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:3 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֛ר Nebuchadnezzar

The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

Jeremiah 29:21 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Here: The reigning king of Babylon, in the spelling closer to his Babylonian name, Nabu-kudurri-usur. He is the ruler whose power these prophets' message implied was about to end.

Jeremiah 32:1 לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּֽר׃ of Nebuchadnezzar

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 32:28 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

Jeremiah 34:1 וּנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר and Nebuchadnezzar

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.

Jeremiah 35:11 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 37:1 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

Jeremiah 39:1 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨ר Nebuchadnezzar

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). Jeremiah uses the '-rezzar' spelling, which is closer to the Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir.'

Jeremiah 39:5 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר Nebuchadnezzar

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Here: Jeremiah's usual spelling, '-rezzar', is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, roughly 'O Nabu, protect my heir'. He is the emperor who had put Zedekiah on the throne.

Jeremiah 39:11 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

Here: The Hebrew form of Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir'. Jeremiah's spelling with r keeps close to the Babylonian; the most powerful man in the world is the one giving the order.

Jeremiah 43:10 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר Nebuchadnezzar

Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II (reigned 605–562 BC). Jeremiah's spelling, with an 'r', is closer to the Babylonian original Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir.'

Jeremiah 44:30 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר Nebuchadnezzar

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

Jeremiah 46:2 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ Nebuchadnezzar

concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II. Jeremiah's spelling with r is closer to the Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir' (or 'my boundary').

Jeremiah 46:13 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ Nebuchadnezzar

This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 46:26 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:28 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!

Jeremiah 49:30 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר Nebuchadnezzar

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

Jeremiah 50:17 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). Jeremiah uses the '-rezzar' spelling, which is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur ('O Nabu, protect my heir').

Jeremiah 51:34 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ Nebuchadnezzar

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Here: The culprit is named only after two verbs, as though Zion blurts out what was done to her before she says who did it. Jeremiah's spelling (with -r-) is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir.'

Jeremiah 52:4 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨ר Nebuchadnezzar

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). This spelling with r reflects the Babylonian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir'.

Jeremiah 52:12 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:28 נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֑ר Nebuchadnezzar

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Jeremiah 52:29 לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֑ר of Nebuchadnezzar

in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 52:30 לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֒ of Nebuchadnezzar

in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

Here: The Babylonian king Nabû-kudurri-uṣur II (605–562 BC). Jeremiah usually spells the name with an r ('Nebuchadrezzar'), which is closer to the Babylonian original than the more familiar 'Nebuchadnezzar'. The prefix l- here means 'of', marking whose reign the year belongs to.

Ezekiel 26:7 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר Nebuchadnezzar

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). Ezekiel uses the '-rezzar' spelling, which is closer to the Babylonian name Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir'.

Ezekiel 29:18 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר Nebuchadnezzar

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.

Ezekiel 29:19 לִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר to Nebuchadnezzar

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

Ezekiel 30:10 נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר Nebuchadnezzar

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Daniel 1:1 נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֧ר Nebuchadnezzar

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

Here: From Akkadian Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, 'O Nabu, protect my heir' (or 'my boundary'). The -n- form used here is a later Hebrew spelling. Jeremiah and Ezekiel more often keep the -r- form ('Nebuchadrezzar'), which is closer to the Babylonian name.

Daniel 1:18 נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּֽר׃ Nebuchadnezzar

Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 2:1 נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר Nebuchadnezzar

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Here: Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon (reigned 605–562 BC). In Babylonian his name was Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, "O Nabu, protect my heir" (or "my boundary"). Jeremiah and Ezekiel use the -rezzar spelling, which is closer to the Babylonian. Daniel uses the -nezzar form.