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Babylon

בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלΒαβυλών

Babylon, also known as Babel, Sheshak, Merathaim, or Pekod, was an ancient Mesopotamian city that served as the capital of the Babylonian Empire. (Multiple references, see article for details)

Babylon, and 3 places the claims reach

verses: 268
first named: Genesis 10:10
last named: Revelation 18:24
feature: region
coordinates: 32.54°N · 44.42°E

region32.54°N · 44.42°E

Babylon (OpenBible)

Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

IllustrationJeremiah 51Seraiah carries out Jeremiah's command that the written prophecy against Babylon be sunk in the Euphrates.

Description

Babylon in the text

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Babylon, also known as Babel, was an ancient city located in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) along the Euphrates River. It served as the capital of the Babylonian Empire, one of the most powerful empires in the ancient Near East. The city first appears in the Bible in Genesis 10:10 as part of Nimrod's kingdom and is identified as the location of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:9).

Throughout the Old Testament, Babylon is mentioned as a major political and military power, often in conflict with Israel and Judah. The city became the dominant power in the region under King Nebuchadnezzar II, who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, and exiled many Jews to Babylon (2Kings 24-25; 2Chronicles 36). The Babylonian captivity lasted for 70 years, as prophesied by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10).

Several Old Testament prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, prophesied against Babylon, foretelling its eventual downfall (Isaiah 13-14; Jeremiah 50-51; Ezekiel 26-32). In these prophecies, Babylon is sometimes referred to by other names, such as Sheshak (Jeremiah 25:26; 51:41), Merathaim (Jeremiah 50:21), and Pekod (Jeremiah 50:21; Ezk.23.23), which are believed to be code names or references to specific regions within the Babylonian Empire.

After the Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC, the city gradually declined in importance. In the New Testament, Babylon is used symbolically to represent worldly power and opposition to God (Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2, 10, 21).

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

Site of

Nebuchadnezzar’s setting up of Golden StatueDaniel 3:1

Took part in

Stands in the same events as

LORD25 events
Nebuchadnezzar24 events
Jerusalem12 events
Zedekiah8 events
Jehoiachin8 events
Chaldea7 events
Israel5 events
Articles4 events
Sound3 events
Ezra3 events
Judah2 events
Nation2 events

and 85 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 268, across 18 books. The name is written 306 times in them.

Genesis2 verses
10:10 11:9
2 Kings28 verses
17:24 17:30 20:12 20:14 20:17 20:18 24:1 24:7 24:10 24:11 24:12 24:15 24:16 24:17 24:20 25:1 25:6 25:7 25:8 25:11 25:13 25:20 25:21 25:22 25:23 25:24 25:27 25:28
1 Chronicles1 verse
9:1
2 Chronicles7 verses
32:31 33:11 36:6 36:7 36:10 36:18 36:20
Ezra13 verses
1:11 2:1 4:9 5:12 5:13 5:14 5:17 6:1 6:5 7:6 7:9 7:16 8:1
Nehemiah2 verses
7:6 13:6
Esther1 verse
2:6
Psalms3 verses
87:4 137:1 137:8
Isaiah13 verses
13:1 13:19 14:4 14:22 21:9 39:1 39:3 39:6 39:7 43:14 47:1 48:14 48:20
Jeremiah151 verses
20:4 20:5 20:6 21:2 21:4 21:7 21:10 22:25 24:1 25:1 25:9 25:11 25:12 25:26 27:6 27:8 27:9 27:11 27:12 27:13 27:14 27:16 27:17 27:18 27:20 27:22 28:2 28:3 28:4 28:6 28:11 28:14 29:1 29:3 29:4 29:10 29:15 29:20 29:21 29:22 29:28 32:2 32:3 32:4 32:5 32:28 32:36 34:1 34:2 34:3 34:7 34:21 35:11 36:29 37:1 37:17 37:19 38:3 38:17 38:18 38:22 38:23 39:1 39:3 39:5 39:6 39:7 39:9 39:11 39:13 40:1 40:4 40:5 40:7 40:9 40:11 41:2 41:18 42:11 43:3 43:10 44:30 46:2 46:13 46:26 49:28 49:30 50:1 50:2 50:8 50:9 50:13 50:14 50:16 50:17 50:18 50:21 50:23 50:24 50:28 50:29 50:34 50:35 50:42 50:43 50:45 50:46 51:1 51:2 51:6 51:7 51:8 51:9 51:11 51:12 51:24 51:29 51:30 51:31 51:33 51:34 51:35 51:37 51:41 51:42 51:44 51:47 51:48 51:49 51:53 51:54 51:55 51:56 51:58 51:59 51:60 51:61 51:64 52:3 52:4 52:9 52:10 52:11 52:12 52:15 52:17 52:26 52:27 52:31 52:32 52:34
Ezekiel18 verses
12:13 17:12 17:16 17:20 19:9 21:19 21:21 23:15 23:17 23:23 24:2 26:7 29:18 29:19 30:10 30:24 30:25 32:11
Daniel15 verses
1:1 2:12 2:14 2:18 2:24 2:48 2:49 3:1 3:12 3:30 4:6 4:29 4:30 5:7 7:1
Micah1 verse
4:10
Zechariah2 verses
2:7 6:10
Matthew3 verses
1:11 1:12 1:17
Acts1 verse
7:43
1 Peter1 verse
5:13
Revelation6 verses
14:8 16:19 17:5 18:2 18:10 18:21

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

via Lord Paying Babylon and LORD’s punishment of King Babylon, Babylon Land, and Babylon, and 2 moreLORDNames or title used to refer to God via Nebuchadnezzar’s taking of Articles and Treasures and Nebuchadnezzar’s carrying off of Treasures, Jehoiachin, Jehoiachin Mother, Jehoiachin Wives, Jehoiachin Officials, and Leading Men, and 2 moreNebuchadnezzarEmperor of Babylon who conquered Judah via Two Women’s sending and Shemaiah’s sendingSendingSending is a concept gathering 488 labelled instances in the text.via Nebuchadnezzar’s carrying off of Treasures, Jehoiachin, Jehoiachin Mother, Jehoiachin Wives, Jehoiachin Officials, and Leading Men and Nebuchadnezzar and LORD’s carrying into exile of Other Exiles, Babylon, Jehoiachin, Queen Mother, Jerusalem, and Addressee ExilesJehoiachinKing of Judah, son of Jehoiakim via Ezra’s coming up and Nebuchadnezzar and LORD’s carrying into exile of Other Exiles, Babylon, Jehoiachin, Queen Mother, Jerusalem, and Addressee ExilesJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions via Two Women’s sendingChaldeaAncient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom via Lord Paying BabylonPaymentPayment is a concept gathering 24 labelled instances in the text.via LORD’s punishment of King Babylon, Babylon Land, and BabylonPunishmentPunishment is a concept gathering 54 labelled instances in the text.via LORD’s stirring up of Kings Of MedesStirring UpStirring Up is a concept gathering 9 labelled instances in the text.

Where they appear

What happened here

Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

28 more chapters, from Isaiah 13 to Revelation 18

Sources

What this rests on

STEPBible TIPNR Babylon@Gen.10.10-Rev=H0894