"Nebuchadrezzar" Quotes from Famous Books
... Babylon rose again, but the depression of Assyria did not last long. Nineveh had become the metropolis. Confusion was increased in the whole of this vast region of Asia by the invasion and partial triumph of the Elamites over Babylon. But these were driven back when Nebuchadrezzar arose in Babylon. To Merodach he prayed, and "his prayer was heard," and he invaded Elam, taking its king ... — The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. • Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton |