Atlas Biblica

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    Dura

    דּוּרָא

    Dura, a plain in the province of Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden statue (Dan.3.1).

    Where the story of Dura happensWhere the gazetteer locates Dura, framed to them: Dura. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Dura
    Where the gazetteer locates Dura
    verses
    1
    first named
    Daniel 3:1
    last named
    Daniel 3:1
    feature
    district in settlement
    coordinates
    32.32°N · 44.50°E
    district in settlement32.32°N · 44.50°E

    Tulul Dura (OpenBible)

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

    Description

    Dura in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Dura was a plain located in the province of Babylon, mentioned in the book of Daniel. It was the site where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a large golden statue and commanded all the people to worship it (Dan.3.1). The exact location of the plain of Dura is unknown, but it was likely situated near the city of Babylon. The name "Dura" is of Akkadian origin and means "walled place" or "fortress." Nebuchadnezzar's decision to erect the statue in Dura may have been influenced by the plain's proximity to Babylon and its suitability for large gatherings. It was in Dura that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the statue and were consequently thrown into a fiery furnace, from which they were miraculously delivered by God (Dan.3.8-30).

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Daniel1 verse

      3:1

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    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 Nebuchadnezzar’s setting up of Golden StatueBabylonAncient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel.via Nebuchadnezzar’s setting up of Golden StatueNebuchadnezzarEmperor of Babylon who conquered Judahvia Nebuchadnezzar’s setting up of Golden StatueSetting UpSetting Up is a concept gathering 43 labelled instances in the text.

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    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.

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