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