Who? My sentiments exactly, until a few minutes ago when I came across an interesting article. Nebo-Sarsekim was a chief-officer of Nebuchadnezzer. The reasons we know this are firstly from Jeremiah chapter 39, which tells us that Nebo-Sarsekim was with Nebuchadnezzar when he laid seige to Jerusalem. The second reason is that he saved his receipts, one of which has been discovered by a visiting professor at the British Museum. The receipt he came across is actually a small piece of stone with an inscription recording the transfer of money from Nebo-Sarsekim to Esangila, in 595BC!!
It's a small piece of stone carrying a large indication of the historical accuracy of the Old Testament.
Philomena
Cool! Thanks for pointing that out, Phil.
Lucy
Posted by: Lucy | July 12, 2007 at 06:03 PM