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{{Infobox monarch
|name = Nergal-šar-uṣur
|title = [[List of kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]]
|reign = c. 560 to 556 BC
|coronation =
|predecessor = [[Amel-Marduk]]
|successor = [[Labashi-Marduk]]}}

'''Nergal-sharezer''' or '''Neriglissar''' (in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] 𒈬[[𒀭]][[Nergal|𒄊𒀕𒃲]]𒊬𒋀 '''<sup>m d</sup>Nergal-šar-uṣur''', "Oh god [[Nergal]], preserve/defend the king"; the common form of his name is Neriglissar <ref>Hyatt, ''The Interpreter's Bible'', 1951, volume V, p. 1,079</ref>) was [[Kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]] from 560 to 556 BC.  He was the son-in-law of [[Nebuchadrezzar II]], whose son and heir, [[Amel-Marduk]], Nergal-sharezer murdered and succeeded. A Babylonian chronicle describes his western war in 557/556 BC. He is traditionally listed as a king of the ''Chaldean Dynasty''; however, it is not known if he was a Chaldean or native of Babylon, as he was not related by blood to [[Nabopolassar]] and his successors.
His name is mentioned as one of the high-ranking officers of king [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] in the [[Book of Jeremiah]] ({{Bibleref|Jeremiah|39:13}}).

==See also==
*[[Babylonia|Babylonian]]
*[[Kings of Babylonia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc6/neriglissar.html ''ABC'' 6]: Babylonian Chronicle of the Third Year of Neriglissar.

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[[Category:556 BC deaths]]
[[Category:6th-century BC rulers]]
[[Category:Babylonian kings]]
[[Category:Regicides]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]

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