Genesis 10:10
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10 He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia,[a] with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
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- 10:10 Hebrew Shinar.
Genesis 11:9
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9 That is why the city was called Babel,[a] because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
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- 11:9 Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew term that means “confusion.”
Genesis 11:2
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2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia[a] and settled there.
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- 11:2 Hebrew Shinar.
Micah 4:10
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10 Writhe and groan like a woman in labor,
you people of Jerusalem,[a]
for now you must leave this city
to live in the open country.
You will soon be sent in exile
to distant Babylon.
But the Lord will rescue you there;
he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.
Footnotes
- 4:10 Hebrew O daughter of Zion.
Genesis 14:1
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Abram Rescues Lot
14 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia,[a] King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
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Zechariah 5:11
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11 He replied, “To the land of Babylonia,[a] where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.”
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- 5:11 Hebrew the land of Shinar.
Micah 5:6
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6 They will rule Assyria with drawn swords
and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.
He will rescue us from the Assyrians
when they pour over the borders to invade our land.
Amos 6:2
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2 But go over to Calneh
and see what happened there.
Then go to the great city of Hamath
and down to the Philistine city of Gath.
You are no better than they were,
and look at how they were destroyed.
Jeremiah 50:21
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The Lord’s Judgment on Babylon
21 “Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim
and against the people of Pekod.
Pursue, kill, and completely destroy[a] them,
as I have commanded you,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- 50:21 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Isaiah 39:1
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Envoys from Babylon
39 Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
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Isaiah 11:11
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11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[a] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[b] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Isaiah 10:9
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9 We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish.
Hamath fell before us as Arpad did.
And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
Daniel 1:2
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2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[a] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
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- 1:2 Hebrew the land of Shinar.
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