Based on the documents provided, **Nebuchadnezzar built the great city of Babylon and also constructed a massive golden image**. Ellen White records his prideful declaration: "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?" (
PK 519.3). ## Babylon - The City Nebuchadnezzar's greatest building achievement was the city of Babylon itself. A year after receiving a divine warning in a dream, the king was walking in his palace and thinking with pride of his power as a ruler and of his success as a builderwhen he made his boastful claim about building "great Babylon" (
PK 519.3). Ellen White emphasizes that the king failed of recognizing the power that had exalted himand instead attributed his success to "the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty" (
Ed 175.5). His kingdom was firmly established, and Ellen White describes how "nations were gathered under his sovereignty. His kingdom was firmly established in the hearts of his loyal subjects" (
8T 126.3).
The city represented "the glory of Babylon and its magnificence and power" (
PK 505.2), and was known as "the praise of the whole earth" (
PK 522.1). ## The Golden Image Beyond the city itself, Nebuchadnezzar also constructed a monumental golden image. From his rich store of treasure, Nebuchadnezzar caused to be made a great golden image, similar in its general features to that which had been seen in vision- the prophetic dream God had given him (
PK 505.2). This statue was threescore cubits in height and six cubits in breadthand was set up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon" (YI February 2, 1904, par. 7). Ellen White notes that "the Chaldeans had never before produced anything so imposing and majestic as this resplendent statue" (
PK 505.2).
The image was created from the treasures obtained in war" (YI February 2, 1904, par. 7) and became an object of worship, with a decree requiring all to bow before it - the very test that Daniel's three companions faced. The tragedy was that Nebuchadnezzar's pride in his building achievements led to his downfall. The moment he uttered his boastful words about building Babylon, "the sentence was issued that felled the tree. The blessings God had bestowed upon him were removed, his reason was taken away, and the mighty ruler was driven from men to find his place among the beasts of the field" (
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