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nuÌ‚r-gal-sha-rē´zar (× ×¨×’×œÖ¾×©×ר×צר, neÌ„reghal-shar'ecer, Hebrew form of Assyrian Nergal-sar-usÌŒur, “O Nergal, defend the princeâ€): A Babylonian officer, the “Rab-mag,†associated with Nebushazban in the care of Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem (, ). According to Hommel (article “Babylon,†Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible (five volumes)) and Sayce (Hastings Dictionary of the Bible, under the word), Nergal-sharezer is to be identified with Neriglissar who succeeded Evil-merodach on the throne of Babylon (compare Cheyne and Johns, Encyclopedia Biblica, under the word).