2 Chronicles 36:6

Nebuchadnezzar A more accurate form of his name is "Nebuchadrezzar" (so generally in Jeremiah and Ezekiel); in the Inscriptions "Na-bi-um-ku-du-ur-ri-u-ṣu-ur," also "Nabû-ku-dur-ri-u-ṣu-ur," the meaning being, "O Nebo (one of the gods of Babylon; cp. Isaiah 46:1), protect the crown (orthe boundary)!" He reigned from 604 561 b.c., and was succeeded by Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk). The only purely historical inscription relating to his reign deals with a campaign in Egypt in 568 b.c.; cp. Jeremiah 43:11.

Nebuchadnezzar It seems probable that Nebuchadnezzar did not in personcome up against Jerusalem at the end of Jehoiakim's reign, nor in person carry off any of the sacred vessels; it is likely moreover that Jehoiakim was not carried to Babylon. The result of Jehoiakim's rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar was according to 2 Kin. simply that "bands" of Chaldeans and their allies invaded Judah. Probably Jehoiakim's life and reign came to an end (howwe do not know; cp. Jeremiah 22:18-19) during this petty warfare, and then three months later, the main Chaldean army under Nebuchadnezzar having arrived, Jerusalem was taken, and Jehoiakim's son and successor Jehoiachin was carried off with the golden vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon. The Chronicler seems to foreshorten the history at this point.