_Nebuchadnezzar_ after he was made King by his father Reigned over _Phœnicia_ and _Cœle-Syria_ 45 years, and [389] after the death of his father 43 years, and [390] after the captivity of _Jeconiah_ 37; and then was succeeded by his son _Evilmerodach_, called _Iluarodamus_ in _Ptolemy_'s Canon. _Jerome_ [391] tells us, that _Evilmerodach_ Reigned seven years in his father's life-time, while his father did eat grass with oxen, and after his father's restoration was put in prison with _Jeconiah_ King of _Judah_ 'till the death of his father, and then succeeded in the Throne. In the fifth year of _Jeconiah_'s captivity, _Belshazzar_ was next in dignity to his father _Nebuchadnezzar_, and was designed to be his successor, _Baruch_ i. 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, and therefore _Evilmerodach_ was even then in disgrace. Upon his coming to the Throne [392] he brought his friend and companion _Jeconiah_ out of prison on the 27th day of the twelfth month; so that _Nebuchadnezzar_ died in the end of winter, _Anno Nabonass._ 187. _Evilmerodach_ Reigned two years after his father's death, and for his lust and evil manners was slain by his sister's husband _Neriglissar_, or _Nergalassar_, _Nabonass._ 189, according to the Canon. _Neriglissar_, in the name of his young son _Labosordachus_, or _Laboasserdach_, the grand-child of _Nebuchadnezzar_ by his daughter, Reigned four years, according to the Canon and _Berosus_, including the short Reign of _Laboasserdach_ alone: for _Laboasserdach_, according to _Berosus_ and _Josephus_, Reigned nine months after the death of his father, and then for his evil manners was slain in a feast, by the conspiracy of his friends with _Nabonnedus_ a _Babylonian_, to whom by consent they gave the Kingdom: but these nine months are not reckoned apart in the Canon. _Nabonnedus_ or _Nabonadius_, according to the Canon, began his Reign in the year of _Nabonassar_ 193, Reigned seventeen years, and ended his Reign in the year of _Nabonassar_ 210, being then vanquished and _Babylon_ taken by _Cyrus_.