126 countries, he did, and conquered and ravaged every part of it, from the mouths of the Nile to Syene, on the borders of Ethiopia. He also conquered the whole of the north of Africa, and ksed over into Spain. Having loaded himself and his army with the spoils of those rich countries, he returned to Babylon. This was nineteen years after the destruction of Jerusalem. As Daniel was prime minister at the court of Babylon, it is probable that he had governed the kingdom during the absence of Nebuchadnezzar. CHAPTER VII. Nebuchadnezzar causes many new buildings i !, erected in: த. - NEBUchADNEzzAR had now finished all his wars, but he had an active mind that would not suffer him to beide. The city of Babylon was the capital of his empire; he wished therefore to make it both for beauty and magnificence one of the wonders of the world. It wasa very ancient city. It commenced with the building of the tower of Babel. Soon after, Nimrod built * city on the spot, and surrounded it
