Nabonidus
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Nov 1, 2026
John NeufeldHOST
takes the throne in 560.
John NeufeldHOST
Neriglisser is followed by his son, Labashi-Marduk, who is also assassinated within a few months by a group that includes Nabonidus.
John NeufeldHOST
Nabonidus becomes king, and then he abandons the capital.
John NeufeldHOST
He's having problems in Babylon.
John NeufeldHOST
He runs off to Arabia.
John NeufeldHOST
But before he leaves, he ordains his son or appoints his son Belshazzar to reign in his place.
John NeufeldHOST
Nabonidus and Belshazzar then become co-regents.
John NeufeldHOST
They're reigning together.
Tim KellerGUEST
You know, for years and years and years and years, people taught in Religion 101 classes that this Daniel 5 is a perfect example of why you can't trust the Bible.
Tim KellerGUEST
We know that after Nebuchadnezzar, there were three other kings of Babylon, and the last king of Babylon, the last king of Babylon before Cyrus and the Medes and the Persians conquered Babylon, was a man named Nabonidus.
Tim KellerGUEST
He was the third and last king in the Babylonian line.
Tim KellerGUEST
And therefore, this Belshazzar, there was no such thing as Belshazzar, and he was not the king of Babylon.
Tim KellerGUEST
And then not too long ago, They dug up an inscription.
Tim KellerGUEST
They found out something.
Tim KellerGUEST
Nabonidus moved out into the desert and left Babylon under the regency of his son Belshazzar.
Tim KellerGUEST
And that's the reason why when Belshazzar says to Daniel, I'll make you third highest ruler in the country, that's all the higher he could make somebody.
Dan CarlinHOST
His brothers Samgunu and Aplia were slain, and their flesh distributed among the surrounding lands.
Dan CarlinHOST
Nabu Naid and Bel Atir, sons of Nabu Shumarish, were forced to crush the bones of their father, and the head of the Elamite king found its final resting place over the gate which led to Asher.
Dan CarlinHOST
End quote.
Dan CarlinHOST
Asher being a primary Assyrian city.
BrettHOST
When he died, his son became king, and he ruled for about two or three months before because there was a palace coup and there was a bunch of people that decided that he wasn't doing a very good job and they took over.
BrettHOST
And the guy that took over as king was a guy named Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
Nabonidus then, for reasons that are historically unclear, he either, well, he takes off and ends up in the desert of Arabia, either because he chose to have a life in the desert of Arabia or because he was forced into exile for some kind of reason.
BrettHOST
We're not 100% sure.
BrettHOST
But when he leaves, he leaves his son, Belshazzar, in charge as number two in his kingdom.
Jonathan ShanksHOST
586, Babylon destroys Jerusalem.
Jonathan ShanksHOST
553 to 51, Babylon's king Nabonidus campaigned against Edom, and Edom lost its independence as a kingdom.
Jonathan ShanksHOST
So it would seem that what happened to Judah in Jerusalem actually happened ironically to Edom, just as God had said, as you have done, it will be done to you.
Jonathan ShanksHOST
In the kingdom of God, the range of God's effective rule, allegiance is required in the kingdom and consequences can be expected.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
Now, historians and archaeologists for a while and skeptics said, wait a minute, this is supposed to be like the end of Judah, the overthrow of Babylon.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
The last Babylonian king is known to be this guy Nabonidus.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
And so, who's this Belshazzar fellow? We've never heard of him.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
He's not mentioned in any historical accounts.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
And then, excavating in Babylon, they find a series of cylinders that describe Babylonian kings and Babylonian conquests.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
And in one of these cylinders, you see that it was in fact true that the last Babylonian king is Nabonidus.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
but he happens to have a son named Belshazzar.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
And it's even said in those cylinders that Nabonidus is often, so to speak, out of town.
BrettHOST
And talking about how this applies to Nebuchadnezzar, there's also archaeological records that are found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
BrettHOST
So this is a fairly recent discovery called the Prayer of Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
Nabonidus? Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
I believe that's the way you say it.
BrettHOST
Okay, 4Q242, as they've quoted in the question.
BrettHOST
Yeah.
BrettHOST
it talks about a very similar episode of a seven-year exile and illness of King Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
Nabonidus, yeah.
BrettHOST
And talking about how this applies to Nebuchadnezzar, there's also archaeological records that are found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
BrettHOST
So this is a fairly recent discovery called the Prayer of Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
Nabonidus? Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
I believe that's the way you say it.
BrettHOST
Okay, 4Q242, as they've quoted in the question.
BrettHOST
Yeah.
BrettHOST
it talks about a very similar episode of a seven-year exile and illness of King Nabonidus.
BrettHOST
Nabonidus, yeah.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
But I think archeologically now we can say that that is false.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
uh make what you will of these prophecies daniel lived at a known time and there's archaeological evidence for the people around daniel that are described in the book of daniel people who are once thought to be legendary there's a guy named belshazzar who's almost described as a kind of legendary figure in a miraculous context as writing on the wall historians for years said well you know we don't know of any belshazzar who was like king of babylon the last king of babylon is this guy named nabonitis but then in babylon an ancient cylinder is found which says that the last king of babylon was indeed nabonitis but he happened to have a son and the son's name was you guessed it belshazzar and Further down in the writing, it says that when Nabonidus was out of town, Belshazzar ruled in his place.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
So suddenly this description in the book of Daniel becomes like validated historically, regardless of whether you want to believe the miracle about the writing on the wall.
Dinesh D'SouzaGUEST
Belshazzar was a real guy.
EnochNARRATOR
Archaeological excavations in Babylon have revealed inscriptions on the walls of palaces and temples that were used to record royal decrees, and in some cases, predictions and divine messages.
EnochNARRATOR
One of the most interesting discoveries came from the palace of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, where inscriptions were found that might suggest the practice of writing divine messages or warnings While no inscription has been directly related to the story of the handwriting on the wall, the discovery of these texts provides a deeper context for how Babylon interacted with its gods and how sacred messages were interpreted and disseminated.
EnochNARRATOR
Although there is no direct evidence that the event described in Daniel occurred exactly as the Bible recounts, the archaeological discoveries help provide a cultural and historical foundation for the practice described.
EnochNARRATOR
The story of Belshazzar and the writing on the wall, more than just a supernatural event, reflects the idea that in antiquity divine messages could be read in events that seemed inexplicable, as it is written in Daniel 5.24-25. then from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed and this is the writing that was inscribed mene mene tekel parsin elijah's fire on mount carmel the episode of elijah's fire on mount carmel described in first kings 18 is one of the greatest miracles performed by the prophet elijah During a period of great apostasy in Israel, when the worship of Baal was rising, Elijah challenged the 450 prophets of Baal to a public competition to prove which God was true.
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