TRIV0 What king ate grass like an ox, had hair like eagles' feathers and nails like birds' claws?

The man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he [Mathathias] slew at the same time ... And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees [Phinehas] did. 1 Machabees 2:25

Trivia: Who tried to uncircumcise themselves?

What king ate grass like an ox, had hair like eagles' feathers and nails like birds' claws?


Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. Daniel 4:33

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