Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II

Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II: "he Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ('Jerusalem Chronicle'; ABC 5) is one of the historiographical texts from ancient Babylonia. It deals with several subjects, but the reference to the capture of Jerusalem in 597 BCE has received most attention. No less important is the description of Nebuchadnezzar's campaigns against the Egyptian king Necho II, who had tried to conquer Syria ('Hatti').

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The translation on this webpage was adapted from A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975) and Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles (Atlanta, 2004).
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