[36]. The mythology of Nebuchadnezzar’s inscriptions will be briefly treated in the following chapter.
[37]. This devastation was accomplished during Sennacherib’s campaign of 694 to 692 B.C.
[38]. The city of Babylon was founded in very early times. It became the capital under Khammuragas (about 1700 B.C., who built a temple to Merodach there), and held this position for twelve hundred years. It was conquered by Tukulti-Ninip, 1271 B. C.; by Tiglath-Pileser II, 731 B.C.; by Merodach Baladan, 722 B.C.; by Sargon, 721 B.C. It was sacked and destroyed by Sennacherib, 692 B.C.: restored by Esarhaddon, 675 B.C.; captured by Assur-bani-pal, 648 B.C.; rebuilt in great splendor by Nebuchadnezzar during his long reign, and taken at last by the Medes and Persians about 539 B.C.—Ernest A. Budge, Trans. Vic. Ins., V. 18, p. 147.
[39]. Nebuchadnezzar reigned from about 605 to 562 B.C.
[40]. 2 Kings xxiv, 7. In the tablets the river Euphrates is called “the river of Sippara.”
[41]. Dan. iv, 30.
[42]. Translated by Fox Talbot, F.R. S., Records of the Past, I, 69-73.
[43]. Translated by Fox Talbot, F.R. S., Records of the Past, 1-133.
[44]. Jerusalem captured 587 B.C. See also Jer. xxxix, 1, 2; 2 Kings xxv.
[45]. 572 B.C.