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Nevuchadnetzar (Nebuchadnezzar) נבוכדנצר

Nevuchadnetzar was the king of Bavel who destroyed the First Beis HaMikdash and exiled the Jews to Babylon.

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Nevuchadnetzar was king of Bavel. He came up to Jerusalem and exiled King Yehoyachin with the officers, craftsmen and treasures to Bavel (II Melachim 24:10–16).

Later, when King Tzidkiyahu rebelled, Nevuchadnetzar besieged Jerusalem. Tzidkiyahu was captured and blinded (25:7), and Nevuzaradan, his general, burned the Beis HaMikdash and the city (25:8–9; Yirmiyahu 52).

In Sefer Daniel: Daniel interprets his dream of the statue and the four kingdoms (Daniel 2); he sets up a golden image, and Chananya, Mishael and Azarya are thrown into a fiery furnace and come out unharmed (ch. 3); and he goes mad and eats grass like an animal until he recognizes Hashem's greatness (ch. 4).

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  1. 1מלכים ב' כ"ד (II Kings 24)
  2. 2מלכים ב' כ"ה (II Kings 25)
  3. 3ירמיה נ"ב (Jeremiah 52)
  4. 4דניאל ב' (Daniel 2)
  5. 5דניאל ג' (Daniel 3)
  6. 6דניאל ד' (Daniel 4)
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