10 And the beginning of his kingdom was [a](A)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of (B)Shinar.

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  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Babylon

10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(A) Uruk,(B) Akkad and Kalneh,(C) in[a] Shinar.[b](D)

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  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
  2. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia

Therefore it was named [a](A)Babel, because there the Lord confused the [b]language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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  1. Genesis 11:9 Or Babylon; cf. Heb balal, confuse
  2. Genesis 11:9 Lit lip

That is why it was called Babel[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language(B) of the whole world.(C) From there the Lord scattered(D) them over the face of the whole earth.

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  1. Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

Cities of Israel Filled with Strangers

24 (A)Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, [a](B)Avva, (C)Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:24 In 2 Kin 18:34; 19:13; Is 37:13, Ivvah

Samaria Resettled

24 The king of Assyria(A) brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim(B) and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.

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Prophecies about Babylon

13 The (A)pronouncement concerning (B)Babylon which (C)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:

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Mourning for Babylon

47 (A)Come down and sit in the dust,
(B)Virgin (C)daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you will no longer be called (D)tender and delicate.

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The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
    Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
    queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
    tender or delicate.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5

The Choice Young Men

In the third year of the reign of (A)Jehoiakim king of Judah, (B)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Daniel’s Training in Babylon

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim(A) king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon(C) came to Jerusalem and besieged it.(D)

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And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “[a](A)Fallen, fallen is (B)Babylon the great, she who has (C)made all the nations drink of the (D)wine of the [b]passion of her sexual immorality.”

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she who
  2. Revelation 14:8 Or wrath (incurred from God)

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9