We know of two children of Nebuchadnezzar: a son, Amel Marduk (known as Evil-Merodach in 2 Kings 25:27), and a daughter Nitocris. Fenena was an imaginary person in Verdi’s opera. In fact the only historical character in the opera is Nebuchadnezzar himself, although he is called Nabucco.
Answers about Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon from 605BC to 562BC. We know of two of his children: a son, Amel Marduk (known as Evil-Merodach in 2 Kings 25:27), and a daughter Nitocris. Amel-Marduk succeeded Nebuchadnezzar as king. According to Berossus (Jos Ap 1.20), Amel-Marduk was killed in a coup. His brother-in-law, Neriglissar (probably the same as Nergal-Sharezer [...]
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream involves a statue of a man made from different materials (Dan. 2:31-33). A stone then hits the statue, destroys it, turns into a mountain, and fills the earth (Dan. 2:34-35). Like lots of other prophecies, these aren’t literal things; rather the items represent other things. In this prophecy Daniel tells us (Dan. 2:36-45) [...]
In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar set up an enormous image of gold and decreed that everyone should bow down to it. Daniel’s friends — Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego — refused to do so, and so were thrown into a fiery furnace which miraculously did not harm them. Many people have wondered where Daniel was during [...]
