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Babylon

Meaning of “Babylon”

Sense 1: The proper name of the city, land, or kingdom of Babylon. Sense 2: The prophetic entity called Babylon.

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286 occurrences252 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 17:24

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2 Chronicles 32:31
¶ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:31 · retained source text

¶ Howbeit, in the businesse of the Embassadours of the Princes of Babylon, who sent vnto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

1611 marginal noteHeb. interpreters.

1611 marginal note2.King. 20.12. isa. 39.1.

2 Chronicles 33:11
¶ Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:11 · retained source text

¶ Wherfore the LORD brought vpon them the captaines of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thornes, & bound him with fetters, & caried him to Babylon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which were the kings.

1611 marginal noteOr, chaines.

2 Chronicles 36:6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:6 · retained source text

Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to cary him to Babylon.

1611 marginal noteOr, chaines.

2 Chronicles 36:7
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:7 · retained source text

Nebuchadnezzar also caried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

1611 marginal note2.King. 24.13. dan. 1.1,2.

2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:10 · retained source text

And when the yeere was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother, king ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at the returne of the yeere.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vessels of desire.

1611 marginal noteOr, Mattaniah, 2.kin. 24.17. ier. 37.1.

2 Chronicles 36:18
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:18 · retained source text

And all the vessels of the house of God great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes: all these he brought to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:20
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:20 · retained source text

And them that had escaped from the sword, caried he away to Babylon: where they were seruants to him and his sonnes, vntil the reigne of the kingdome of Persia:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the remainder from the sword.

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