Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon · 607–563 BC
What the Bible Says
- “the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar” Jeremiah 25:1
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 607 BC
- “When Nebuchadnesar was associated with his father in the kingdom”
- Ended 563 BC
- “departed this life, when he had reigned about 20 moneths co-partner in the kingdom with his father, and 43 years by himself alone”
King of Babylon. Ussher counts his years from his reigning with his father, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
