BABYLON
BABYLON
- Origin of # Ge 10:8,10
- Origin of the name # Ge 11:8,9
- WAS CALLED 3a) Land of the Chaldeans
# Eze 12:13
3b) Land of Shinar # Da 1:2 Zec 5:11 3c) Land of Merathaim # Jer 50:1,21 3d) Desert of the sea # Isa 21:1,9 3e) Sheshach # Jer 25:12,26 3f) Lady of kingdoms # Isa 47:5 4) Situated beyond the Euphrates # Ge 11:31 Jos 24:2,3 5) Formerly a part of Mesopotamia # Ac 7:2 6) Founded by the Assyrians, and a part of their empire # 2Ki 17:24 Isa 23:13 7) Watered by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris # Ps 137:1 Jer 51:13 8) Composed of many nations # Da 3:4 3:29 9) Governed by Kings # 2Ki 20:12 Da 5:1 10) With Media and Persia divided by Darius 120 provinces # Da 6:1 11) Presidents placed over # Da 2:48 6:1 12) Babylon the chief province of # Da 3:1 13) BABYLON THE CAPITAL OF 13a) Its antiquity # Ge 11:4,9 13b) Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar # Da 4:30 13c) Surrounded with a great wall and fortified # Jer 51:53,58 13d) Called the golden city # Isa 14:4 13e) Called the glory of kingdoms # Isa 13:19 13f) Called beauty of Chaldees, &c # Isa 13:19 13g) Called the city of merchants # Eze 17:4 13h) Called Babylon the great # Da 4:30 14) REMARKABLE FOR 14a) Antiquity # Jer 5:15 14b) Naval power # Isa 43:14 14c) Military power # Jer 5:16 50:23 14d) National greatness # Isa 13:19 Jer 51:41 14e) Wealth # Jer 50:37 51:13 14f) Commerce # Eze 17:4 14g) Manufacture of garments # Jos 7:21 14h) Wisdom of senators # Isa 47:10 Jer 50:35 15) INHABITANTS OF 15a) Idolatrous # Jer 50:38 Da 3:18 15b) Addicted to magic # Isa 47:9,12,13 Da 2:1,2 15c) Profane and sacrilegious # Da 5:1-3 15d) Wicked # Isa 47:10 16) AS A POWER WAS 16a) Arrogant # Isa 14:13,14 Jer 50:29,31,32 16b) Secure and self-confident # Isa 47:7,8 16c) Grand and stately # Isa 47:1,5 16d) Covetous # Jer 51:13 16e) Oppressive # Isa 14:4 16f) Cruel and destructive # Isa 14:17 47:6 Jer 51:25 Hab 1:6,7 16g) An instrument of God’s vengeance on other nations # Jer 51:7 Isa 47:6 17) Languages spoken in # Da 1:4 2:4 18) Armies of, described # Hab 1:7-9 19) REPRESENTED BY 19a) A great eagle # Eze 17:3 19b) A head of gold # Da 2:32,37,38 19c) A lion with eagle’s wings # Da 7:4 20) Ambassadors of, sent to Hezekiah # 2Ki 20:12 21) NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF 21a) Made Jehoiakim tributary # 2Ki 24:1 21b) Besieged Jerusalem # 2Ki 24:10,11 21c) Took Jehoiachin, &c captive to Babylon # 2Ki 24:12,14-16 2Ch 36:10 21d) Spoiled the temple # 2Ki 24:13 21e) Made Zedekiah king # 2Ki 24:17 21f) Rebelled against by Zedekiah # 2Ki 24:20 21g) Besieged and took Jerusalem # 2Ki 25:1-4 21h) Burned Jerusalem, &c # 2Ki 25:9,10 21i) Took Zedekiah, &c captive to Babylon # 2Ki 25:7,11,18-21 2Ch 36:20 21j) Spoiled and burned the temple # 2Ki 25:9,13-17 2Ch 36:18,19 22) Revolt of the Jews from, and their punishment illustrated # Eze 17:1-24 23) The Jews exhorted to be subject to, and settle in # Jer 27:17 29:1-7 24) Treatment of the Jews in # 2Ki 25:27-30 Da 1:3-7 25) Grief of the Jews in # Ps 137:1-6 26) Destroyed by the Medes # Da 5:30,31 27) Restoration of the Jews from # 2Ch 36:23 Ezr 1:1-2:67 28) The gospel preached in # 1Pe 5:13 29) A type of Antichrist # Re 16:19 17:5 30) PREDICTIONS RESPECTING 30a) Conquests by # Jer 21:3-10 27:2-6 49:28-33 Eze 21:19-32 29:18-20 30b) Captivity of the Jews by # Jer 20:4-6 22:20-26 25:9-11 Mic 4:10 30c) Restoration of the Jews from # Isa 14:1-4 44:28 48:20 Jer 29:10 50:4,8,19 30d) Destruction of # Isa 13:1-22 14:4-22 21:1-10 47:1-15 Jer 25:12 50:1-51:64 30e) Perpetual desolation of # Isa 13:19-22 14:22,23 Jer 50:13,39 51:37 30f) Preaching of the gospel in # Ps 87:4