Babylon
A symbol of human civilization organized in opposition to God, drawing from ancient Babylon's tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) and the empire that destroyed Jerusalem (2 Kings 25). Revelation 17-18 portrays 'Babylon the Great' as a wealthy prostitute riding the beast — representing the world's seductive economic and political systems. 'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!' (Revelation 18:2). God calls his people to 'come out of her' (18:4). Babylon contrasts with the New Jerusalem — the city of human pride versus the city of God. Historically identified with Rome, Babylon represents any culture or system that exalts itself against God's kingdom.
Verses about Babylon
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2 Raja-Raja 17:24
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities …
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2 Raja-Raja 17:30
And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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2 Raja-Raja 20:12
At that time Berodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been…
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2 Raja-Raja 20:14
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They…
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2 Raja-Raja 20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon…
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2 Raja-Raja 20:18
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Baby…
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2 Raja-Raja 24:1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
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2 Raja-Raja 24:7
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all…
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2 Raja-Raja 24:10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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2 Raja-Raja 24:11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
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2 Raja-Raja 24:12
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the ki…
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2 Raja-Raja 24:15
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried h…
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2 Raja-Raja 24:16
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babyl…
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2 Raja-Raja 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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2 Raja-Raja 24:20
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled agains…
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2 Raja-Raja 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, …
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2 Raja-Raja 25:6
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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2 Raja-Raja 25:7
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
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2 Raja-Raja 25:8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, capt…
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2 Raja-Raja 25:11
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, di…