Babylon
Babylon
Origin of - Ge 10:8,10
Origin of the name - Ge 11:8,9
WAS CALLED
Situated beyond the Euphrates - Ge 11:31; Jos 24:2,3
Formerly a part of Mesopotamia - Ac 7:2
Founded by the Assyrians, and a part of their empire - 2Ki 17:24; Isa 23:13
Watered by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris - Ps 137:1; Jer 51:13
Composed of many nations - Da 3:4; 3:29
Governed by Kings - 2Ki 20:12; Da 5:1
With Media and Persia divided by Darius 120 provinces - Da 6:1
Presidents placed over - Da 2:48; 6:1
Babylon the chief province of - Da 3:1
BABYLON THE CAPITAL OF
- Its antiquity
- Ge 11:4,9 - Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar
- Da 4:30 - Surrounded with a great wall and fortified
- Jer 51:53,58 - Called the golden city
- Isa 14:4 - Called the glory of kingdoms
- Isa 13:19 - Called beauty of Chaldees, &c
- Isa 13:19 - Called the city of merchants
- Eze 17:4 - Called Babylon the great
- Da 4:30
REMARKABLE FOR
INHABITANTS OF
AS A POWER WAS
Languages spoken in - Da 1:4; 2:4
Armies of, described - Hab 1:7-9
REPRESENTED BY
- A great eagle
- Eze 17:3 - A head of gold
- Da 2:32,37,38 - A lion with eagle's wings
- Da 7:4
Ambassadors of, sent to Hezekiah - 2Ki 20:12
NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF
- Made Jehoiakim tributary
- 2Ki 24:1 - Besieged Jerusalem
- 2Ki 24:10,11 - Took Jehoiachin, &c captive to Babylon
- 2Ki 24:12,14-16; 2Ch 36:10 - Spoiled the temple
- 2Ki 24:13 - Made Zedekiah king
- 2Ki 24:17 - Rebelled against by Zedekiah
- 2Ki 24:20 - Besieged and took Jerusalem
- 2Ki 25:1-4 - Burned Jerusalem, &c
- 2Ki 25:9,10 - Took Zedekiah, &c captive to Babylon
- 2Ki 25:7,11,18-21; 2Ch 36:20 - Spoiled and burned the temple
- 2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19
Revolt of the Jews from, and their punishment illustrated - Eze 17:1-24
The Jews exhorted to be subject to, and settle in - Jer 27:17; 29:1-7
Treatment of the Jews in - 2Ki 25:27-30; Da 1:3-7
Grief of the Jews in - Ps 137:1-6
Destroyed by the Medes - Da 5:30,31
Restoration of the Jews from - 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-2:67
The gospel preached in - 1Pe 5:13
A type of Antichrist - Re 16:19; 17:5
PREDICTIONS RESPECTING