The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . d and worshipped as supreme by Nebuchad-rezzar and his immediate successors. He even neg-lected attendance upon some of the established re-ligious festivals, and thus incurred the wrath of thepriestly authorities. This lack of the right kind ofreligious patriotism soon aroused against the kingenemies of the bitterest kind, who let no opportunity 222 DANGER AHEAD pass of exposing his weakness. Even Cyrus in theearly part of his cylinder^, to be noted presently,charges upon Nabonidus malicious intent. () An edict of di
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . d and worshipped as supreme by Nebuchad-rezzar and his immediate successors. He even neg-lected attendance upon some of the established re-ligious festivals, and thus incurred the wrath of thepriestly authorities. This lack of the right kind ofreligious patriotism soon aroused against the kingenemies of the bitterest kind, who let no opportunity 222 DANGER AHEAD pass of exposing his weakness. Even Cyrus in theearly part of his cylinder^, to be noted presently,charges upon Nabonidus malicious intent. () An edict of dishonor to them .... daily he contrived The continual offering he made to cease . . by a yoke unrelaxing heruined them all. As the years went by Nabonidusgradually lost his grip on the empire. Its religiouselement became alienated from him, and its polit-ical power was forced to lay down arms before theadvance of a mightier man, Cyrus the Elamite. + 111 A* ^li_ ^^^ 111 » V ^ ^^ fc— A ^v !1^Q .1 i:^^X ^^ iu /* II t Pn ^ U r I * 1, t^- ^5^ 1? * >u ^ if:. ^^ ^s M i Tbi ^ rl i S T IS ^ ^ T o ^ .s a o o a ^ o POp CHAPTER XIX CYRUS AND THE FALL OF BABYLON 210. The marvelous growth and prosperity of theBabylonian empire was largely due to the compara-tive peace which blessed all her borders. FromGreek sources we learn that this happy condition wasdue to a triple alliance signed in 585 B. C. betweenNebuchadrezzar of Babylon, Alyattes of Lydia, andCyaxares of Media. The passing of Nebuchadrezzarand the usurpation, if such it was, of the throne ofBabylon by Nabonidus, broke the bonds of this alli-ance. Cyaxares, too, was succeeded in Media byAstyages. These changes brought with them a newspirit of rivalry and jealousy. The hardy stock of thehighlands south of the Caspian Sea, designated theTJmman-Manda, were aggressive and ambitious. Theirnew leader was anything but suitable to their a little province in northwestern Elam and justsouth of Media, we find in 559 B. C.
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