He was never afraid of danger nor discouraged by any hardship or
difficulty. He was brought up according to the laws and customs of the
Persians, which were excellent in those days with respect to education.
With the consent of his father, he readily complied with the wish of his
uncle, and, at the head of 30,000 well-trained Persians, he marched into
Media and thence to Assyria, to meet the forces of Nerriglisser, king of
Babylon, and the forces of Croesus, king of the Lydians. The armies met.
The Chaldeans were routed. Croesus fled, and Nerriglisser, the king of
Babylon, was slain in the action. His son, Loboros-barchod, succeeded to
the throne.
This was a very wicked prince. Being naturally of the most vicious
inclinations, he now indulged them without restraint, as if he had been
invested with sovereign power only to have the privilege of committing
with impunity the most infamous and barbarous actions. He reigned but
five months; his own subjects, conspiring against him, put him to death,
and Belshazzar, the son of Evil-Merodach, reigned in his place.
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