Old Testament

Nergal-sar-ezer

A Babylonian official present at the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC.

Nergal-sharezer was a high-ranking Babylonian official, specifically a Rab-mag, who served under King Nebuchadnezzar II. He is mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3 as one of the princes who sat at the middle gate of Jerusalem following the city's capture. Historically identified as the son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar, he later ascended the Babylonian throne as Neriglissar.