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Lion Panel from Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room

Lion Panel from Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room (Interactive 3D Glazed Brick Relief • Daniel 4:30 & Daniel 7:4 ): Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Jehozadak (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( 1 Chronicles 6:14 ) Jehozadak was high priest ( Haggai 1:1 ) when Judah and Jerusalem were carried away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ). (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6 , Haggai 1 , Haggai 2 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Hall of the Throne (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Lion Panel from Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room — Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 . Ishtar Gate of Babylon — Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Kings 10:19 : "The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays."; 2 Chronicles 9:18 : "And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stay..."; 1 Kings 5:5 : "And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he ...". Related canonical books and chapters: 2 Kings 25 ( 2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)), Daniel 4 ( Daniel • Chapter 4 (37 verses)), Daniel (Old Testament • 12 Chapters).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Interactive 3D Glazed Brick Relief • Daniel 4:30 & Daniel 7:4

Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon —symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4 .

Interactive 3D Babylonian Gate • Daniel 1–4 & 2 Kings 25

Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Interactive 3D Assyrian Palace Relief • Nahum 2:11–13 & Ezra 4:10

Masterpiece of Neo-Assyrian sculpted gypsum wall relief from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (biblical Asenappar, Ezra 4:10 ) at Nineveh , vividly illustrating the royal lion imagery invoked by the prophet Nahum against Nineveh ('Where is the dwelling of the lions?', Nahum 2:11–13 ).

Interactive 3D Assyrian Monument • 2 Kings 9–10

Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.

2 Kings 25
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2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Solomon , Seraiah , Zephaniah , Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .

Interactive 3D Archaeological Tell • Joshua 10:31 & 2 Kings 18:14

3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31

Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Daniel 4
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Daniel • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his king... Mentions: Daniel , Babylon .

כִּסֵּא
kisse
H3678 Hebrew
throne, seat of honor and majesty

throne, seat of honor and majesty. Throne, royal chair of state; symbol of supreme sovereignty, cosmic rule ('The LORD has established His throne in the heavens', Psalm 103:19; Isaiah 6:1).

Daniel
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Old Testament • 12 Chapters

Daniel (Old Testament, 12 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Daniel, Azariah (or Uzziah ), Elam . Key places: Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar , Dura , Elam , Ulai . Opens with: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it...."

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 47 (25 verses)

And after him rose up Nathan To prophesy in the days of David . As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering, So was David separated from the children of Israel . He played with lions as with kids, And with bears as with lambs of the flock. Mentions: Nathan , David, Jacob/Israel , Solomon , Ephraim .

Daniel 5
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Daniel • Chapter 5 (31 verses)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that ... Mentions: Daniel , Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon .

βῆμα
bema
G0968 Greek
a step, stride, pace

a step, stride, pace. Primary meaning: a step, stride, pace, a raised place. Strong's: a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal. Lexical nuances: a step , stride , pace : Ac 7:5 .

Interactive 3D Museum Relief • 2 Kings 18:13–17

Assyrian carved gypsum wall relief from King Sennacherib's South-West Palace at Nineveh depicting the 701 BC siege of the fortified Judean city of Lachish during the reign of King Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; Isaiah 36:1–2 ).

2 Kings 24
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2 Kings • Chapter 24 (20 verses)

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Moabites , Ammon , Judah , Manasseh , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Euphrates .

Daniel 7
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Daniel • Chapter 7 (28 verses)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great s... Mentions: Daniel, Babylon .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 0 Chapters

The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, which are found neiither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 0 chapters).

Revelation 5
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Revelation • Chapter 5 (14 verses)

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth... Mentions: Judah , David .

Daniel 1
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Daniel • Chapter 1 (21 verses)

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the ho... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah, Jacob/Israel , Daniel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar .

2 Chronicles 6
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 6 (42 verses)

Then said Solomon , The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel : and all the congregation of Israel ... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel, David , Egypt , Jerusalem .

Hall of the Throne
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Isaiah 47
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Isaiah • Chapter 47 (15 verses)

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon , sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pa... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Babylon .

Proverbs 20
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Proverbs • Chapter 20 (30 verses)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

מָרָה
mara
H4784 Hebrew
to rebel, be contentious, disobey

to rebel, be contentious, disobey. To be contentious, resist authority, rebel against divine command; chronic sin of Israel in wilderness (Meribah).

מָלַךְ
malak
H4427 Hebrew
to reign, rule as king, ascend throne

to reign, rule as king, ascend throne. To become king, reign; joyous royal acclamation: YHWH malakh ('The LORD reigns!', Psalm 93:1, 97:1).

פָּשַׁע
pasa
H6586 Hebrew
to rebel, transgress, revolt

to rebel, transgress, revolt. To revolt against rightful king, break allegiance, transgress divine covenant laws defiantly.

Esther 1
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Esther • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the th... Mentions: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish .

פֶּשַׁע
pesa
H6588 Hebrew
transgression, rebellion, revolt

transgression, rebellion, revolt. Rebellion, breach of relationship, defiant revolt against sovereign authority; willful breach of covenant stipulations (Isaiah 53:5).

Hosea 11
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Hosea • Chapter 11 (12 verses)

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt . As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Judah , Egypt , Admah , Zeboiim , Assyria .

Jehozadak
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Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( 1 Chronicles 6:14 ) Jehozadak was high priest ( Haggai 1:1 ) when Judah and Jerusalem were carried away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ).

נָאַץ
naas
H5006 Hebrew
to spurn, despise, contemn, blaspheme

to spurn, despise, contemn, blaspheme. To treat with disdain, despise holy authority, provoke God to anger through arrogant contempt of His word.

Daniel 3
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Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .

Daniel 2
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Daniel • Chapter 2 (49 verses)

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his... Mentions: Daniel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Babylon .

Interactive 3D Museum Scale Model • 2 Samuel 5 & 1 Kings 6–9

Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Scripture Passages (24)

The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel , as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel .

The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel , as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel .

2 Chronicles 36:6 (KJV)
2 Chronicles 36 KJV

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon .

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

And they departed from Iim , and pitched in Dibon –gad.

2 Kings 25:8 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon , unto Jerusalem :

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

Nehemiah 2:14 (KJV)
Nehemiah 2 KJV

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

2 Kings 25:11 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon , with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.

So Nebuzaradan took the large bronze tank and the 2 bronze columns. (Each column was about 31 feet tall. The capitals on the columns were over 5 feet tall. They were made from bronze and had a design like a net and pomegranates. Both columns had the same kind of design.) He also took the carts that Solomon made for the Lord’s Temple. The bronze from these things was too heavy to be weighed.

2 Kings 25:1 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

2 Kings 25:22 (KJV)
2 Kings 25 KJV

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah , whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

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