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Was Nabonidus related to Nebuchadrezzar?
Was Nebuchadnezzar a mad king?
When was Nabonidus king of Babylon?
Who is Nabonidus?
A Nabonidus is listed as the head witnesses in a 597 BC legal document; however, it is unclear whether this is the same person as the later king, especially given that the text could be interpreted as referring to Nabonidus as a son of Nebuchadnezzar II.
This has been compared with the account of the madness of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 4:23-33). Since Herodotus calls both Nebuchadrezzar and Nabonidus by the same name (Labynetus) it has been argued that the prayer in Daniel may refer to Nabonidus himself.
Belshazzar is portrayed as the king of Babylon and "son" of Nebuchadnezzar, though he was actually the son of Nabonidus—one of Nebuchadnezzar's successors—and he never became king in his own right, nor did he lead the religious festivals as the king was required to do.
Belshazzar. Easton's Bible Dictionary - Belshazzar. Belshazzar [N] [H] [S] Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon ( Daniel 5:1 ). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer.
Nabonidus, his father, was the son of a nobleman, Nabu-balaṭsu-iḳbî, and was probably a usurper against the older house of Nebuchadnezzar. There is nothing to show that he was connected by blood or marriage with any of thepreceding kings.
In any case, it is clear that Nabonidus did not belong to the previous Babylonian ruling dynasty, the Chaldeans, of whom Nebuchadnezzar II was the most famous member. He came to the throne in 556 B.C.E. after the assassination of the youthful king Labashi-Marduk, the son of Neriglissar.
Greek accounts indicate that Nabonidus was either sent to govern a province in southern Persia or murdered. According to the biblical book of Daniel, his son Belshazzar was put to death.
