Nabopolassar Founder of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty (ruled 626–605 bc). He rebelled against Assyria ca. 626 bc and became the king of Babylon. By 612 bc he had conquered Ninevah, the capital of Assyria. While Nabopolassar is not listed by name in the biblical account, his son Nebuchadnezzar II is. Nebuchadnezzar II is the Babylonian king who took the Jewish people into captivity (2 Kgs 25:1–7).
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