PROF. L. W. KING'S “History of Babylon” appears at the moment when, owing to the folly, ambition, and half-religious, half-patriotic fanaticism of a small, intelligent, but absolutely immoral ...

The Bible says that he also stole sacred objects ... realities have never discouraged rulers from reshaping the history of Babylon in their own image and generating new myths in the process.

Was Jerusalem destroyed in 587 or 607 BCE? Often overlooked in this controversy is some evidence from Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.