Torrey's Topical Index
Babylon
Origin of—Ge
10:8,10
Origin of the name—Ge
11:8,9
WAS CALLED
Situated beyond the Euphrates—Ge
11:31; Jos
24:2,3
Formerly a part of Mesopotamia—Ac
7:2
Founded by the Assyrians, and a part of their empire—2Ki
17:24; Isa
23:13
Watered by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris—Ps
137:1; Jer
51:13
Composed of many nations—Da
3:4; 3:29
Governed by Kings—2Ki
20:12; Da
5:1
With Media and Persia divided by Darius 120 provinces—Da
6:1
Presidents placed over—Da
2:48; 6:1
Babylon the chief province of—Da
3:1
BABYLON THE CAPITAL OF
- Its antiquity
- —Ge 11:4,9
- Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar
- —Da 4:30
- Surrounded with a great wall and fortified
- —Jer 51:53,58
- Called the golden city
- —Isa 14:4
- Called the glory of kingdoms
- —Isa 13:19
- Called beauty of Chaldees, &c
- —Isa 13:19
- Called the city of merchants
- —Eze 17:4
- Called Babylon the great
- —Da 4:30
REMARKABLE FOR
INHABITANTS OF
AS A POWER WAS
Languages spoken in—Da
1:4; 2:4
Armies of, described—Hab
1:7-9
REPRESENTED BY
- A great eagle
- —Eze 17:3
- A head of gold
- —Da 2:32,37,38
- A lion with eagle's wings
- —Da 7:4
Ambassadors of, sent to Hezekiah—2Ki
20:12
NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF
- Made Jehoiakim tributary
- —2Ki 24:1
- Besieged Jerusalem
- —2Ki 24:10,11
- Took Jehoiachin, &c captive to Babylon
- —2Ki 24:12,14-16; 2Ch 36:10
- Spoiled the temple
- —2Ki 24:13
- Made Zedekiah king
- —2Ki 24:17
- Rebelled against by Zedekiah
- —2Ki 24:20
- Besieged and took Jerusalem
- —2Ki 25:1-4
- Burned Jerusalem, &c
- —2Ki 25:9,10
- Took Zedekiah, &c captive to Babylon
- —2Ki 25:7,11,18-21; 2Ch 36:20
- Spoiled and burned the temple
- —2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19
Revolt of the Jews from, and their punishment illustrated—Eze
17:1-24
The Jews exhorted to be subject to, and settle in—Jer
27:17; 29:1-7
Treatment of the Jews in—2Ki
25:27-30; Da
1:3-7
Grief of the Jews in—Ps
137:1-6
Destroyed by the Medes—Da
5:30,31
Restoration of the Jews from—2Ch
36:23; Ezr
1:1-2:67
The gospel preached in—1Pe
5:13
A type of Antichrist—Re
16:19; 17:5
PREDICTIONS RESPECTING