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Nebuchadnezzar. Or, Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 21:2 , Jeremiah 21:7 ; Jeremiah 22:25 ), or Nebuchadonosor in Josephus and Berosus, Septuagint, and Vulgate. This is the first occurrence of his name in Scripture.
came up. In the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1 ; Jeremiah 46:2 ). Daniel says in third year (2 Kings 1:1 ); but he writes from Babylon, whence Nebuchadnezzar set out, and here (compare Jeremiah 46:2 ), it refers to the actual coming. The Babylonian Servitude begins here (496 to 426 BC).
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