The Bible In Paintings, #157: BABYLON'S NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONQUERS AND DEPORTS JUDAH

Bing Images ^ | c.2200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

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BABYLON

CONQUERS

& DEPORTS

JUDAH

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2^nd
K I N G S
2 4 – 2 5
New International Version, emphases added
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CHAPTER 24

1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, 4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.

6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

10 At that time Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it. 12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him.

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by TED LARSON
"King Nebuchadnezzar's Siege of Jerusalem"

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by DAVID ROBERTS
"The Siege of Jerusalem"

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Great Bible, 1410
"Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem"

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by PETRUS COMESTOR, 1372
"Nebuchadnezzar Camped outside Jerusalem.
Famine in the City"

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Zwiefalten Abbey, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Nebuchadnezzer and Zedekiah"
Nebuchadnezzar battles King Zedekiah of Judah
(who holds a plan of Jerusalem)

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13 As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. 14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land. 16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans. 17 He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. 19 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 20 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

CHAPTER 25

1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. <.B> 2 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

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3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. 4 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night, 5 but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, 6 and he was captured.

He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him. 7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

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by FRANÇOIS-XAVIER FABRE, 1787
"Nabuchodonosor Has Zedekiah's Children
Killed before his Eyes"

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by PAT NICOLLE
"Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah"

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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Slaughter of the Sons of Zedekiah before their Father"

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by PETRUS COMESTOR, 1372
"Zedekiah is Chained and Brought before Nebuchadnezzar"

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8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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by SAMUEL COLMAN
"The Destruction of the Temple"

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by FRANCESCO HAYEZ
"The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem"

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by NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem"

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by PETER JACKSON
"Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian Army
of Nebuchadnezzar II, 587 BC"

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by JUAN DE LA CORTE
"The Burning of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar’s Army"

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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"The Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar"

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11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

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"Zedekiah and the People of Judah Carried Captive"

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Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
"Expulsion of the Jews from Jerusalem
under Nebuchadnezzar"

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13 The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.

16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed.

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18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.

So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians.

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"The Submission of Coniah [Jehoiachin]
to Nebuchadnezzar"

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by MASTER OF MARRADI
"The Treasure of the Temple at Jerusalem
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R E S O U R C E S

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If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:

Nebuchadnezzar Lays Siege to Jerusalem

Image Sources are provided for most individual works.
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE

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Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 156 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you

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Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA

A r t Q u a l i t y

The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.

Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.

T e x t S e q u e n c i n g

The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!

P a c i n g

The pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).

Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?

The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!

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Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.

Hebrews 11:6
Dan Lewis
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[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to-right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is being filmed right now. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year's viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: "Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast." Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I've ever spent (I don't recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).

[Hebrews 11:6]

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P r e s e n t e d . . F o r . . Y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

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Hey, Mary-Lou, how-do-you-do?

[left that other site]

Excellent, Thank you!

And You?

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Hunky-dory.

[etabeta]

Difficult to choose among so many great pictures but my preference is in those from the illuminated manuscripts. Nebuchadnezzar is understandably poorly treated by the people here who suffered greatly because of him. In other sources he is considered a great king and a great builder, not only restoring Babylon to its former greatness but also making it a center for the arts and intellectual pursuits.
When we observe the world of ancient times, we see that good and evil is present today as it was yesterday.

[Hebrews 11:6]

A “balanced” view of Nebuchadnezzar. I must observe that’s somewhat like a balanced take on Hitler or any number of infamous despots. By their fruits we know them.

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Or take the Albigensian Crusade by the Church and France that, under the pretext of removing religious differences, persecuted and killed more than 1 million people in southern France (Occitania). Cities destroyed, entire populations killed or burned at the stake...The hatred for what happened to the Cathars is still strongly felt today in that region. Wars of Christians against Christians that lasted 20 years. Having read many books on the subject, I deeply feel the pain of Occitania.

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Spanish Inquisition, etc. etc. etc. Man's inhumanity to man, even under the guise of "Christianity"--you quite properly take notice of it. Have you read Foxe's Book of Martyrs?

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No, I haven’t but will check it out. Thanks.

There is a beautiful poem by the Occitan writer Louisa Paulin in memory of “those without a voice”. Wish I could find it again, I would share it with you.

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs requires a strong stomach, Alba, which it appears you have.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Great thread.

Could you ping me in about 150 years when Daniel interprets the “writing on the wall” at Neb’s palace?

I bet old Neb pissed his pants that night...and in the morning too when the Persians kicked his butt.

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Ordered it a little while ago. Thank you. For sure I will cry my heart out....

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If memory serves, that was ol' Neb's grandson, Belshazzar

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And puke your guts out.

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This thread is deteriorating fast: pissing, crying, puking....

[OneVike]

Many may find it appealing, but Nebuchadnezzar, would eventually be humbled and recognize GOD as the One and only true God who lives forever, Who’s dominion is an everlasting dominion, and Who’s kingdom is from generation to generation. Daniel Chapter 5

God can bring down whom ever He so desires and bring whom ever He so desires.

We look at a man as to how evil he is by our standards and wish for evil men to burn in eternity.

Yet God will accept anyone who humbles themselves and accepts Him as Lord and Savior. They may still pay here in the World for their crimes against mankind, but will receive eternal life if their heart is true in their confession and acceptance of He Who Judges all.

Yes, even Hitler, had he not committed suicide and instead repented and accepted Christ.

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I meant appalling, not appealing.

But then who am I to figure what others may believe of the two. :)

[Maudeen]

Such wonderful “action” paintings!