BABYLON (Babel)
(See also Cities; Nimrod; Semiramis; Tower of Babel; World Powers)
alliances with—
Egypt: w65 52; bf 188
Lydia: w65 52; bf 188
antitypical Babylon: w80 7/1 12-15; w63 175, 683, 717; bf 8, 468, 498-499; mg63 30; rm 303-305, 327-330
captivity in: w76 661; sl 114; jp 74-83, 91-92; w58 730-731; w55 266-267; qm55 317; sr55 136; w53 566; nh 216-223; w51 665-666; rm 307-310; w49 308-309; w46 37-45, 213-215; w43 311-312; w39 13; w37 42; ch 215; w35 231, 291-296; w31 243
destruction: w55 729; rm 329-330; ow 17
fall: kc 145-146; w80 5/15 18-19; tf 317-319
leaving: su 87-88; kc 164-165; w60 41, 581-583; w59 81-85; sr55 137-142, 175; nh 323-324; w52 333-334, 473-474; w49 300-301; w46 215-219; tf 317-319; w42 199; ch 215-218
army: w65 348; bf 283-284
astronomy: g74 4/8 23; w69 186; g63 4/22 14; w61 27
Atrahasis Epic: g80 7/8 14-15
Belshazzar:
feast foretold by Isaiah: w80 7/1 14-15
handwriting on wall: w80 10/15 18-19; w65 215-217; bf 229-231, 233-235, 266; w60 582-583; yw 118; w51 537-542; w49 335-336; g35 5/22 539-542
relationship to Nebuchadnezzar: go 49
boats: w65 117, 348; bf 212, 284
building projects: w74 490; g64 4/22 16; bf 25-30, 174; w61 375; ns 69-70; w57 552-553; nh 110-112; g53 6/22 10; w52 647; rm 86-87; tf 160-162
calendars: g47 12/22 21
canals: ad 289-290
captivity of Jews: w82 7/1 14; w75 101; w72 587, 723-724, 745, 763; ad 177; kj 137-138, 168, 203-206, 271, 339-340; w68 687-688; w67 260; w66 683; w65 90, 281-282, 345-346, 375-376; w64 75, 756; w63 517; bf 135-137, 170-171, 196, 206, 246-247, 287, 297, 557; pa 106-108, 114; yw 106-108; sr55 128-129; nh 130-133; lg 211-212; rm 185-186; w46 212; ep 207; w43 311
Israelites leave in 537 B.C.E.: w76 661-663; sl 112-113, 119-121; w72 300-301, 305-307; pm 28-29; g72 3/8 27-28; ad 177; w68 688-689; w66 752; w65 312, 378, 566-569; w64 79-80, 108; w63 517-518, 555; bf 364-375; w58 147, 191; pa 114-117; w55 82, 747-748; sr55 129-132; nh 134-137; rm 187-190; w49 328-329, 350-351; ep 173-174, 207
city:
Babylon lost its primacy and finally left the historical arena by the second century A.D. (quote): g84 8/22 23
conquest by Medo-Persia: ce 218-219; w80 4/1 5; w80 7/1 12-17; w80 10/15 18-19; w77 350; go 24-26; sl 113; po 20-21; w72 745-746; w71 315-316; ad 108, 176, 211-212, 409; kj 340; is 106-107; g69 8/8 26; w68 68, 490-493; w66 695-697; g66 4/22 19; w65 30, 54-56, 88-90, 119, 152-153, 184-187, 233, 250-253, 281-284, 311-314, 348, 377-379, 405-408; w64 78, 756; g64 1/8 3; w63 722; bf 45, 139-140, 171-177, 182-225, 232, 236-238, 242-268, 284, 298-304, 308-319, 467; mg63 18; w60 581; w59 281-282; pa 112; yw 116-118; w57 554-555; sr55 130; bn 46; w50 514; w49 350-351; ki 195
conquest foretold in Bible: ce 218-219; w84 1/1 6-7; w84 8/15 26; sm 38-39; w80 7/1 5-7, 10-18; w80 10/15 18-20; g80 10/8 16-19; w77 349-350; go 24-26, 49-51
date of overthrow: kc 136, 186, 189; w80 4/1 5; w80 10/15 18; w77 350; go 50-51; w71 316; w71 649; ad 176; w68 268, 490-492; w65 54, 89, 214, 253; ms 84; w64 79-80, 265; bf 195, 203, 349; g63 12/22 7; w61 358; yw 117; sr55 129; nh 134; w52 271; rm 187; w49 328; ep 173
decline after conquest: pm 227; w66 383; w65 660-663; bf 376-377, 394-398, 500
desolation foretold by Bible: w82 12/15 7; w75 136-138
“eternal city”: qm 273; qm55 273
gates: g69 8/8 14; w65 251-252, 378; bf 301
gods: w80 5/15 23
illustration (Nebuchadnezzar’s time): w60 581; w57 552; bn 45
Ishtar Gate: g76 2/8 11
probability of prophecies against, being fulfilled: w81 11/15 15
walls: g80 10/8 17; g76 5/22 12-13; w65 378-379, 660; bf 227, 252, 292, 301; g61 9/22 27
waterways: w65 88, 117; g65 6/22 8-9; bf 201, 212, 264, 277, 289
clocks: g61 1/8 24
Code of Hammurabi: g81 1/22 20; w80 10/1 8-9; w58 431; w55 702; w52 434
commerce: w65 117; bf 212, 277
condominium housing: g77 6/8 24
dancing: g53 1/8 17
description: w65 152-153, 376-377; bf 215, 217-218, 227-228, 236, 291; pa 106-107; w57 552-556; w52 483; w49 293, 335, 350; w33 238
desolation of Jerusalem: w79 8/1 12, 16; w72 745; g72 5/8 27-28
discussion: w81 1/15 30-31; ad 175-177; bf 11-398
distance from Jerusalem: w79 3/1 29; w79 12/1 17; w49 51
emblems: rm 93; w47 235; ta 289-290; g42 10/28 17
Feast of All Souls: g77 7/8 13-14
founding: po 84; w72 572; ad 175; w66 515; li 31; w64 312, 344-345; w63 717; bf 23-30, 278, 454, 468; w61 103; ns 68; w59 249; yw 105; nh 110-111; w43 142-143; w38 359; w37 100; en 203-204
funeral customs: g77 8/22 9-10
golden cup (Jer 51:7): bf 272
hairstyles: ad 704
Hanging Gardens: g76 5/22 13; ad 622; g66 4/22 4; w65 376-377; w64 758; bf 174, 190, 289; g63 5/22 21; w59 275; w57 553
Hinduism’s origin in: rm 192-193
Jehoiachin exiled to:
cuneiform tablets confirm Bible: g76 2/8 12
Judaism: w72 669-670; w66 152, 154; bf 444, 478
king list of Ptolemy in question: w77 747
language confusion: g84 8/8 22-23; g82 11/22 23; dt 23-25; w75 464; w74 41-42; ad 1028; w64 314, 345; w63 693, 718, 748; bf 30; w61 25-26
legends:
creation: ce 35; w80 10/1 5; ad 392-393; is 12; w63 692; nh 35; bn 25-26
Eden: g70 3/22 17-18
Flood: g80 7/8 13-16; g68 5/8 6
lion with eagle’s wings: w77 392; ad 200-201; w65 30; bf 187; w61 359; w59 473; yw 170
location: w65 88; w64 268, 312; bf 25, 201, 277, 454, 557; ns 71; w33 245; pp 42
map of empire: w65 53; bf 189; w59 473; bi-isa 404, 407; yw 169; bi5 717
mathematics: g53 6/22 9
medicine: ad 452
Merathaim: w65 311; bf 256
morals: w81 1/15 31
name: ad 175, 179; w66 217; im 51; w64 314; w63 693; bf 30-31, 46, 468; pa 46; rm 86, 89; w43 142; w42 163; wl 54; w40 38, 141; w37 307; w33 316
nationalism: w65 12; yb65 18
Nebuchadnezzar: kj 224-227
dream image (Da 2): w78 6/15 12-15; go 45-70; ad 821; w69 303-305; w64 237-238, 756-757; bf 172-174, 195; w61 358-359; w59 280-281; yw 114-115; lt-2-30 309-315
dream tree (Da 4): w84 4/1 3-4, 7-8; go 72-89
my servant (Jer 25:9): w79 9/15 22-27
my servant (Jer 27:6): w80 5/15 17
prophetic significance of nations defeated by Nebuchadnezzar: w79 9/15 23
Neo-Babylonian chronology: kc 186-189; ad 326-328; w69 88-92, 185-186
New Year’s festival: g80 12/22 21-22
connection with Christmas: w84 12/15 5
Pekod: ad 1282; w65 311; bf 256
Peter visited: w72 669-670; ad 1298-1299; w66 152-154; bf 440-449
petroleum: bf 322
priests: g64 4/22 15; bf 469; w61 27
celibacy: g85 11/8 5; g75 5/8 28
Procession Street: g76 2/8 11-12; bf 244
prostitution: w67 87; w66 185; w65 153
rebuilding: w65 233; w63 721; w60 573; w57 555-556
Iraq’s attempt: g81 4/8 30; w75 294
Iraq’s proposal: w80 4/1 7
restoration efforts halted by Iraq-Iran war: g84 10/22 31
religion: tr 133-134; ts 44; w73 605; w72 745-746; pm 165, 220; w71 509-510; ad 177; w69 260-261; g69 8/8 15; g68 2/8 22, 25; g68 12/8 5; w67 87; qm 271-274; g67 5/8 6-7; w66 218, 521, 525-527, 529-532, 535-536, 760-761; g66 1/8 7-8; g66 9/8 10-12; w65 29-30, 38, 153, 183-186, 281, 440, 474-478; ms 35-36; w64 346-348, 373-376, 394-395; yb64 59, 62; g64 4/22 12-16; g64 6/8 8, 10-11; w63 692-694, 718, 747-748; bf 32-45, 184-185, 199, 221-223, 243-244, 264, 320, 326-340, 459-460, 469-470, 475, 498, 567; mg63 70, 77, 80, 86-87, 110, 121, 124; w61 27, 103-104, 375; w58 742-743; pa 102, 107; w57 553-554; qm55 271-274; rm 90; g48 3/22 17-18; ta 288-289; rg 17-23; w37 100; en 204; w34 323; w33 316
cross: g76 11/22 28
gods: w80 10/15 18; ad 177, 209-210, 668, 1142, 1211-1212, 1220, 1573-1574; w67 87; qm 271-274; w66 218, 632; g66 5/22 15; w65 56, 153, 183-184, 281; g65 3/22 21; w64 346-348, 373-375, 395; g64 4/22 13, 15; bf 39-44, 195, 243-244, 260-261, 292-293, 469-470, 475-476, 546; w59 215; qm55 271-274; w49 308; ta 288-289
images: bf 205, 264, 278, 478
immortality of the soul: g77 8/22 9
influence on world: g84 1/8 6-7; w82 3/1 4-6; w81 1/15 30; g81 8/8 3-4; w80 10/15 18, 20; g80 10/8 19; gh 91-92; ts 27-29, 44-45
origin of religious myths: ts 27-29
similarities to Shinto: g85 8/22 12
Sumerian religion passed on beliefs to Semites (quote): g78 6/22 9
swastika: g80 3/22 30; g70 7/22 23
temples: g84 1/8 7; w80 10/15 18; g80 10/8 19; w66 218; w65 660; w64 758; bf 174, 460, 469, 475
triads of gods: su 83; g80 10/8 19
worship of Nimrod and Semiramis: w81 1/15 30; bf 33-37
rival of Jerusalem: w65 375, 406; bf 288, 312-313, 454, 468, 498; nh 130; rm 184; w43 311
River Chebar: g79 2/22 17
ruins: sm 39; w75 136-137; w72 746; is 112-113; g67 10/8 29; w65 347, 660-661, 663; g64 6/8 8-9; bf 7, 252, 281, 318, 397, 468; w61 375; g61 9/22 27-28; w60 573; w57 556; bn 30; w43 311
distance from Baghdad: g78 3/8 29
present state of: w84 8/15 26; g84 10/22 31
rulers: go 49; pm 227; ad 175-176, 178, 539, 1142-1143, 1195-1197, 1212-1213; is 57-58; w68 334; qm 274; w66 515; w65 28-30, 63, 214-216, 377, 405-408; bf 115-116, 183-186, 217, 261, 279, 308-319, 469; w61 358-359; w60 151; bi6 206; w59 280-282; yw 114-118, 170; qm55 274; w53 431-432; w52 650; w51 537-539; rm 84-88; ow 8; tf 160-161; w33 278; pp 121; v-2 146
Semitic rule: w65 53, 250-251; bf 195, 241
Sheshach: w79 9/15 25, 28; ad 1490; w64 605; bf 128, 273; w37 308, 346; w36 171; fw 40-41; w31 10
Shinar: ad 1494
spiritistic practices: w55 573; dh 64
astrology: g80 10/8 16-18; g73 11/22 5; ad 1695; g69 12/8 6-7, 12-13; g66 5/8 5; g66 11/22 27; w65 440, 476; ms 37-38; w64 374; w63 447-448; bf 41, 329, 331; w61 27; w60 394-395; g58 2/22 26; w57 554; g57 6/22 3; g47 6/8 17-18; tf 162; w34 38
divination: g80 12/22 22; w73 60; ad 177, 456; w69 474
magic: w64 374-375, 506; g64 4/22 14; bf 41, 91, 326; g62 2/22 23
numerology: g66 11/22 27-28
oracles: g65 3/22 21-22
palmistry: g65 4/8 9
sorcery: g74 9/8 28
symbolic: w80 5/15 17; bf 176-177; w60 41, 581; sr55 133; nh 112-113, 130; w52 251; w51 539; w49 291, 296; w46 212-213; w44 23, 25, 365; ki 74, 177; g44 7/5 13-14; w43 292, 311; w42 39, 117; wl 55, 80; w40 37-38; w39 299; w38 4, 127; w37 99; en 197-198; w36 380; ch 169; w35 44; w34 95, 157, 276, 327; su34 26; w33 237-238, 245; pp 42; pr32 10; fw 5, 21; v-1 10; lt-1-30 317-326; lt-2-30 116-144
Tower of Babel: w74 490; w72 428; ad 175; g70 5/22 20-21; is 48-50; g67 10/8 5-6; w64 312-313; g64 4/22 16; bf 26-30, 33, 42; w61 25-27; ns 69-70; pa 46-47; g57 8/22 21-23; w56 302-303; nh 110-111; w52 647; rm 87-89; w43 143
confusion of language: g84 8/8 22-23
promoted by Nimrod: su 82-83
treasures: w65 153, 346; bf 218, 277
wars: w63 721; bf 287, 317; g63 12/22 5-7; yw 105-108; w52 267; w43 308
world power: go 48, 93-94, 99-100; w64 375, 604; bf 41, 186, 190-191, 195, 278-279, 498; w59 249; yw 105-106; w53 431; g47 8/22 14-15; ki 177; w33 180
duration as: go 71-72
writing: g53 6/22 10; w48 197-198
ziggurats: w80 4/1 7; w74 490; is 49; g69 8/8 15; g67 10/8 6; g66 9/8 10