Dictionary of Bible Themes In OT times, the commercial, religious and political capital of Babylonia, which was the dominant power in the Near East in the sixth century B.C. In the NT, "Babylon" signifies the world and its forces in opposition to God. It is often contrasted with "the new Jerusalem", in which God will finally reign supreme. Genesis 10:8-10The founding of Babylon Shinar was an alternative name for Babylon. See also Biblical events prior to the exile in Babylon 2 Kings 17:24-33Inhabitants of Babylon exiled to Samaria 2 Kings 20:12-19Envoys from Babylon visit Hezekiah pp Isa 39:1-8 2 Chronicles 33:10-11Hezekiah's reception of the envoys was designed to lead to a coalition against Assyria, but in the end it brought about the very opposite of what he had hoped for. Manasseh, king of Judah, exiled to Babylon 2 Kings 24:1-2Jehoiakim, king of Judah, becomes a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon 2 Kings 24:10-17pp 2Ch 36:6-7 Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:1-21pp 2Ch 36:9-10 Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem and deports the population pp 2Ch 36:17-20 pp Jer 39:1-10 pp Jer 52:4-27 1 Chronicles 9:1Exile in Babylon See also The people of Judah exiled in Babylon 2 Chronicles 36:20Psalms 137:1-9 Daniel 1:1-7 Jeremiah 29:4-14 Advice for those exiled in Babylon Ezra 5:13-16Cyrus king of Babylon decrees that the Jerusalem temple should be rebuilt See also 2 Chronicles 36:22-23Ezra 2:1-2 pp Ezr 1:1-4 Exiles return from Babylon pp Ne 7:6-7 2 Kings 24:2-4Babylon, an instrument of divine judgment See also Jeremiah 20:4-6; 21:10Jeremiah 51:59-64 The fall of Babylon See also Predictions of Babylon's fall Isaiah 14:3-23; 47:1-15Jeremiah 50:1-10 Daniel 5:30-31 Babylon conquered by Darius See also Babylon used figuratively 1 Peter 5:13By Peter Revelation 14:8Babylon is traditionally interpreted as Rome, but may also mean Mesopotamian Babylon, Egyptian Babylon, or Jerusalem. See also Of the world opposed to God Revelation 17:3-6; 18:1-24See also 1130 God, sovereignty1429 prophecy, OT fulfilment 1680 types 4027 world, fallen 5306 engraving 5529 sieges 5585 towers 5607 warfare, examples 7221 exodus, the 7240 Jerusalem, history 7520 dispersion, the 8839 unfaithfulness |
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