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In OT times, the commercial, religious and political capital of Babylonia, which was the dominant power in the Near East in the sixth century
Ge 10:8-10 Shinar was an alternative name for Babylon.
Inhabitants of Babylon exiled to Samaria See also 2Ki 17:24-33
Envoys from Babylon visit Hezekiah 2Ki 20:12-19 pp Isa 39:1-8 Hezekiah’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 2Ch 33:10-11
Jehoiakim, king of Judah, becomes a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon 2Ki 24:1-2 pp 2Ch 36:6-7
Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem 2Ki 24:10-17 pp 2Ch 36:9-10
Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem and deports the population 2Ki 25:1-21 pp 2Ch 36:17-20 pp Jer 39:1-10 pp Jer 52:4-27
The people of Judah exiled in Babylon 1Ch 9:1 See also 2Ch 36:20; Ps 137:1-9; Da 1:1-7
Advice for those exiled in Babylon Jer 29:4-14
Ezr 5:13-16 See also 2Ch 36:22-23 pp Ezr 1:1-4
Exiles return from Babylon Ezr 2:1-2 pp Ne 7:6-7
2Ki 24:2-4 See also Jer 20:4-6; Jer 21:10
Predictions of Babylon’s fall Jer 51:59-64 See also Isa 14:3-23; Isa 47:1-15; Jer 50:1-10
Babylon conquered by Darius Da 5:30-31
By Peter See also 1Pe 5:13 Babylon is traditionally interpreted as Rome, but may also mean Mesopotamian Babylon, Egyptian Babylon, or Jerusalem.
Of the world opposed to God Rev 14:8 See also Rev 17:3-6; Rev 18:1-24