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- Babylon, a place of Scripture.Ancient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
- Babylon, a featured study.One city from the plain of Shinar to the last book of the Bible: the tower, the empire that burned the temple, and the name John gives every power that trades in souls.
- Babylon, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Babylon Conquered by Medes, a messianic prophecy.The Medes would be instrumental in Babylon's conquest.
- Babylon Falls to the Medes, a messianic prophecy.Isaiah, writing c. 700 BC, specifically named the Medes as the agents of Babylon's downfall, approximately 160 years before the event.
- Babylon the Great, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
Featured studies
7 results- StudyDaniel: the Study GuideThe Most High rules in the kingdom of men: Daniel's two halves and two languages, the stone cut without hands, the Son of Man, and the seventy weeks.
- StudyHabakkuk: the Study GuideThe prophet who put God on trial and was answered with a Person, not an explanation: the watchtower, the five woes on Babylon, and the verse that became the Reformation's tower text.
- Study1 Peter: the Study GuideA living hope through undeserved suffering: sojourners of the Dispersion, a royal priesthood of living stones, the Suffering Servant's steps to follow, the spirits in prison, and the Chief…
- StudyBabylonOne city from the plain of Shinar to the last book of the Bible: the tower, the empire that burned the temple, and the name John gives every power that trades in souls.
- StudyBabylon the GreatA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
Verses
268 results- VerseIsaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- VersePsalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Verse2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- VerseGenesis 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Verse2 Kings 24:11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
People
4 results- PersonEzraPriest and ready scribe of the law of Moses who came up from Babylon, set his heart to seek, do, and teach the law, and led the returned community's reform.
- PersonJehoiachinCarried to Babylon after three months' reign; the captive king lifted from prison to the king's table in the book's final scene — the Davidic lamp not out, and a name in…
- PersonZedekiahJudah's last king, who broke his oath to Babylon against Jeremiah's word; his sons slain before his eyes at Riblah, and the city and house of Jehovah burned.
- PersonNebuchadnezzar IIKing of Babylon (605–562 BC) who destroyed Jerusalem and carried Judah captive; dreamed the statue-dream, built the furnace, was humbled to eat grass, and confessed the Most…
Places
2 resultsEvents
1 resultWords (Strong's)
- WordH894 בָּבֶל · Bâbel (Hebrew)Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire. The Hebrew word stands 262 times in the original text.
- WordH895 בַּבֶל · Babel (Hebrew){Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}. The Hebrew word stands 25 times in the original text.
- WordG897 Βαβυλών · Babylṓn (Greek)Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)). The Greek word stands 12 times in the original text.
- WordH896 בַּבְלִי · Bablîy (Hebrew)a Babylonian. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH1096 בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר · Bêlṭᵉshaʼtstsar (Hebrew){Belteshatstsar, the Babylonian name of Daniel}. The Hebrew word stands 8 times in the original text.
Topics
1 resultProphecies
10 results- ProphecyBabylon Conquered by MedesThe Medes would be instrumental in Babylon's conquest.
- ProphecyBabylon Falls to the MedesIsaiah, writing c. 700 BC, specifically named the Medes as the agents of Babylon's downfall, approximately 160 years before the event.
- ProphecyBabylon Becomes Haunt of Desert CreaturesIsaiah predicted that Babylon would become uninhabited, unfit even for Bedouin encampments or shepherd's folds, and overtaken by wild desert creatures.
- ProphecyBabylon's Perpetual DesolationBabylon would be permanently desolate, never again inhabited.
- ProphecyJudah's Babylonian ExileJeremiah predicted a 70-year exile in Babylon followed by restoration—a specific timeframe given before the exile began.
Apologetics
7 results- ApologeticsBelshazzar as Co-Regent of BabylonCuneiform recoveries from the 19th century forward show Belshazzar - named king in Daniel 5 - was Nabonidus's eldest son and co-regent in Babylon, reversing a standard…
- ApologeticsBabylon's Permanent DesolationIsaiah 13-14 and Jeremiah 50-51 predict Babylon's fall to the Medes, its permanent desolation, and its never being rebuilt—fulfilled over centuries despite Babylon being the…
- ApologeticsThe Seventy-Year Babylonian CaptivityJeremiah fixed Judah's exile at seventy years in a dated oracle — the fourth year of Jehoiakim, 605 BC, the year Nebuchadnezzar broke Egypt at Carchemish (Jeremiah 25:1…
- ApologeticsJehoiachin Ration Tablets (Babylonian Captivity)Cuneiform ration lists excavated from a vaulted storehouse beside Babylon's Ishtar Gate name "Ya'u-kinu, king of the land of Yahudu" and five royal sons among the palace…
- ApologeticsThe Fall of Nineveh: Nahum Against the Babylonian ChronicleNahum 1-3 foretells an overwhelming flood, fire, plunder, and erasure of Nineveh. The Babylonian Chronicle (BM 21901) and Greek histories trace the 612 BCE fall.
Voices
2 results- VoiceJoseph A. SeissJoseph Augustus Seiss was born on March 18, 1823, at Graceham, Maryland, into a family of Moravian descent. He attended Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, studied theology…
- VoiceLance WallnauLance Wallnau is an American evangelical preacher, televangelist, and one of the principal contemporary popularizers of the Seven Mountain Mandate framework. Based in Dallas…
Apocrypha (study resources)
52 results- Study resourceSusanna 1:1There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim:
- Study resource2 Esdras 15:43And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid.
- Study resource2 Esdras 16:1Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
- Study resource1 Esdras 1:40Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
- Study resourceBel and the Dragon 1:35And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.
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H894בָּבֶל Bâbel — Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH895בַּבֶל Babel — {Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}G897Βαβυλών Babylṓn — Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or
figuratively (as a type of tyranny))H896בַּבְלִי Bablîy — a BabylonianH1096בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר Bêlṭᵉshaʼtstsar — {Belteshatstsar, the Babylonian name of Daniel}H4336מֵישַׁךְ Mêyshak — Meshak, the Babylonian