1. Nebuchadnezzar
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1. Nebuchadnezzar
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth I & II Samuel I & II Kings I & II Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN I. The previous 20 plus years: ________ and _______: A. _________ turmoil: • Nebuchadnezzar. Ruled ___ years. • Amel-Marduk. Ruled __ years. • Ner-gal-sar-ezer. Ruled __ years. • Labashi-marduk. Ruled __ months. • Nabonidus. Ruled ___ years (kind of). • Belshazzar (the last Chaldean king). ___________ of Nebuchadnezzar. Ruled ___ years (with his father). 1. Nebuchadnezzar • Ruled 43 years • Died 562 BC 1. Nebuchadnezzar 2. Amel-marduk • Son of Nebuchadnezzar (Evil-Merodach) • Jeremiah 52:31 • Ruled 2 years (assassinated) • Assassinated by : 1. Nebuchadnezzar 2. Amel-marduk 3. Nergal-sar-ezer • Brother-in-law to Evil-Merodach • Jeremiah 39:3,13 • Ruled 4 years 1. 2. 3. 4. Nebuchadnezzar Amel-marduk Nergal-sar-ezer Labashi-marduk • Son of Nergal-sar-ezer • Ruled 9 months • Only a child, beaten to death by a group including Nabonidus 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Nebuchadnezzar Amel-marduk Nergal-sar-ezer Labashi-marduk Nabonidus • One of the assassins • Married the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 5:13) • Ruled 17 years (kind of ) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Nebuchadnezzar Amel-marduk Nergal-sar-ezer Labashi-marduk Nabonidus Belshazzar (the Chaldean king, Daniel 5:30) • Son of Nabonidus • Ruled (kind of ) last 14 years with father • No extra-Biblical confirmation until 1853 Nabonidus Cylinder found in Sippar (Ur) in Southern Iraq 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Nebuchadnezzar Amel-marduk Nergal-sar-ezer Labashi-marduk Nabonidus Belshazzar (the Chaldean king, Daniel 5:30) in Daniel 5:29 • Nabonidus • Belshazzar • Daniel Darius the Mede I. The previous 20 plus years: ________ and _______: A. _________ turmoil: • Nebuchadnezzar. Ruled ___ years. • Amel-Marduk. Ruled __ years. • Nergal-sar-ezer. Ruled __ years. • Labashi-marduk. Ruled __ months. • Nabonidus. Ruled ___ years (kind of). • Belshazzar (the last Chaldean king). ___________ of Nebuchadnezzar. Ruled ___ years (with his father). I. The previous 20 plus years: ________ and _______: B. __________ threat: • The people of Babylon felt ___________. • Under _______ for a long time. –20 years of supplies –The Euphrates River flowed through the city. • The night of the banquet, October 12, 539 BC: the river is __________ by canal into a lake. –The enemy soldiers gained entrance to river. II. _______ could read the writing on the wall. A. After Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel seems to get _____. • What do you do when you are ___________? • Honor God daily ______ and _______ God gives you opportunity. • We are never short on _____________. B. God never forgets _____ He has _______. C. When given opportunity Daniel spoke for _____. III. Consider the ________. A. Raised what belonged to God in honor of ______. B. When we convince ourselves that we do not have to be ______________, even to Almighty God • • • • God goes out of His way to get our _________. A reoccurring theme in Daniel: There is ____ God. We are not in charge of _____. Daniel did not live in except the _____ of the Lord.