Genesis 10:10
A.M. 1745. B.C. 2259. And the.Jer 50:21; Mic 5:6Babel. Gr. Babylon.11:9; Isa 39:1; Mic 4:10Calneh.Isa 10:9; Am 6:2Shinar.11:2; 14:1; Isa 11:11; Da 1:2; Zec 5:11Genesis 11:9
Babel. that is, Confusion.The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us, was a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as to allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn. This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its very site is doubtful; and when supposed to be discovered, in all cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish. 10:5,10,20,31; Isa 13:1-14:32; Jer 50:1-51:64; 1Co 14:23the face.10:25,32; Ac 17:26Isaiah 13:1
1 God musters the armies of his wrath.6 He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes.19 The desolation of Babylon. A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. burden.14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1,11,13; 22:1,25; 23:1; Jer 23:33-38Eze 12:10; Na 1:1; Hab 1:1; Zec 9:1; 12:1; Mal 1:1of Babylon.14:4-23; 21:1-10; 43:14; 44:1,2; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12-26; 50:1-51:23Da 5:28-6:28; Re 17:1-18:24which Isaiah.1:1Isaiah 13:19
Babylon.Babylon, whose destruction and utter ruin are here predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44 degrees 20' E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200 cubits high, and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which, crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side, along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc. Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or artificial mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the channel; and the river being never restored to its proper course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass. Darius Hystaspes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples; the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the habitation of wild beasts. 14:4-6,12-15; Jer 51:41; Da 2:37,38; 4:30when God overthrow. Heb. the overthrowing of.Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Jer 49:18; 50:40; Zep 2:9Isaiah 14:4
proverb. or, taunting speech.Jer 24:9; Eze 5:15; Hab 2:6How.6,17; 47:5; 49:26; 51:23; Jer 25:9-14; 27:6,7; 50:22,23Jer 51:20-24,34,35; Da 7:19-25; Hab 1:2-10; 2:6-12,17Re 13:15-17; 16:5,6; 17:6; 18:5-8,20golden city. or, exactress of gold.13:19; 45:2,3; 2Ch 36:18; La 4:1; Da 2:38; Re 18:16
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