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Named at 2 Kings 17:24: “The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.” 2 Kings 20:12 says, “At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick”; 20:14 that when Isaiah the prophet asked, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?”, Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon”; and 20:16–18 that Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the LORD’s word. ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD. ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 2 Kings 24:1–16 says that in Jehoiakim’s days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, that Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon with his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers, and the king of Babylon captured him, and that Jehoiachin, the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land were carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon; 25:5–7 that the Chaldean army pursued the king, and they captured him and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon; 25:13 that the Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze, the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon; and 25:27–30 that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and that Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life. Ezra 5:12–14 gives, in the answer written in the letter to Darius the king, “But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon”, and, in the same answer, that the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon; 5:17 gives, “let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem”; 6:1 says, “Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched”; and 6:5 gives, in the record written in the scroll, “Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem”. Daniel 4:28–30 says, “All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, ‘Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’”, where the Korean Revised Version gives these verses in the king’s own first person. Acts 7:43 names it, in words given as written in the book of the prophets (7:42): “You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”

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Jehoiachin king of Judah released out of prison in the year that Evilmerodach king of Babylon began to reign (Event)Jehoiachin ki…Darius the king makes a decree, and a scroll is found at Achmetha (Event)Darius the ki…Manasseh is taken to Babylon, prays, and returns (Event)Jehoiakim reigns and Nebuchadnezzar binds him (Event)Jehoiakim rei…The Chaldean king strikes Jerusalem and takes survivors to Babylon (Event)The Chaldean …While the king speaks in the royal palace of Babylon a voice comes from the sky, and Nebuchadnezzar is driven from men (Event)Evilmerodach king of Babylon lifts up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, releases him from prison and sets his throne above the throne of the kings in Babylon (Event)Evilmerodach …

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Unresolved interpretation: The Babylonian envoys’ purpose and sender
  • 2 Chronicles 32:31 says envoys of Babylon’s princes ask about the wonder done in the land.
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    • 2CH 32:31, engwebp

      31However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

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  • 2 Kings 20:12–15 say King Berodach Baladan of Babylon sends letters and a gift after hearing of Hezekiah’s illness, and Hezekiah shows his possessions.
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    • 2KI 20:12–15, engwebp

      12At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

      13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

      14Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”

      15He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

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  • Isaiah 39:1–2 says, “At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered,” and that Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things.
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    • ISA 39:1–2, engwebp

      1At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

      2Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

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Each book’s sender and stated purpose are kept. 2 Chronicles 32:31 says that the princes of Babylon sent ambassadors to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land. 2 Kings 20:12 says that Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and Isaiah 39:1 that Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered. Both editions write the name otherwise in the two books (the Korean Revised Version: 부로닥발라단, 므로닥발라단). This collection records the two names under the one entry of Berodach Baladan, with Isaiah’s spelling as its alias. The princes in Chronicles are not renamed as the king, and the stated motives of the three books are not combined.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Babylon 1” by name and 275 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Babylon (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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Entry: Babylon (place-babylon)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 17:24: “The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.” 2 Kings 20:12 says, “At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick”; 20:14 that when Isaiah the prophet asked, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?”, Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon”; and 20:16–18 that Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the LORD’s word. ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD. ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 2 Kings 24:1–16 says that in Jehoiakim’s days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, that Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon with his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers, and the king of Babylon captured him, and that Jehoiachin, the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land were carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon; 25:5–7 that the Chaldean army pursued the king, and they captured him and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon; 25:13 that the Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze, the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon; and 25:27–30 that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and that Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life. Ezra 5:12–14 gives, in the answer written in the letter to Darius the king, “But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon”, and, in the same answer, that the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon; 5:17 gives, “let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem”; 6:1 says, “Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched”; and 6:5 gives, in the record written in the scroll, “Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem”. Daniel 4:28–30 says, “All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, ‘Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’”, where the Korean Revised Version gives these verses in the king’s own first person. Acts 7:43 names it, in words given as written in the book of the prophets (7:42): “You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
Cited evidence: 1CH 9:1, engwebp / 1PE 5:12–14, engwebp / 2CH 32:31, engwebp / 2CH 33:10–13, engwebp / 2CH 36:5–8, engwebp / 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp / 2CH 36:17–21, engwebp / 2KI 17:24–28, engwebp (and 120 more of 128)
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