BABYLON (City)
(See also Babel; Babylon [Empire]; Tower of Babel)
Alexander the Great fails to make his capital at: it-1 70-71; w89 5/1 3
archaeological finds: it-1 235
Cyrus Cylinder: it-1 148, 566, 568; it-2 328, 332; g 5/13 12; g 6/12 13-14; g 2/11 16-17; w08 12/15 22; g 11/07 18; w06 1/15 17; si 335-336
food and recipe tablets: g92 6/22 29
Ishtar Gate: it-1 147; it-2 322; w11 11/1 12; g 11/07 16; w88 3/1 28-29, 31
Jehoiachin in prison: it-1 147, 452-453; w12 6/1 5; g 11/07 16; si 79-80; w88 3/1 29
lion frieze: w15 5/1 9
palace of Xerxes I: it-2 615
Processional Way: it-1 235; it-2 323; w11 11/1 12; ip-2 124
ruins: it-1 235, 237; it-2 324; hl section 4; re 266; gm 123; w88 3/1 31
Tower of Babel: it-1 235; si 332
Assyrian center: it-1 954
Belshazzar’s kingship over: w20.02 31; it-1 148, 282-283; it-2 458-460; w98 9/15 8-9
bitumen: it-1 61, 337; it-2 434; w12 7/1 11
bricks: it-1 366-367
description: it-1 235; g 1/11 10; w88 3/1 28-29
discussion: it-1 235-238
doors: it-1 645
Esar-haddon rebuilds: it-1 758
Etemenanki tower: it-1 147, 236; it-2 323; si 332
fall: it-1 236-237, 284, 566-568, 650; it-2 187; w98 9/15 9; si 85, 140, 282-283
comments by Herodotus: it-1 567; w93 5/15 5; gm 124-125
date: it-1 454, 458-459, 567-568; it-2 459; w11 10/1 28; si 282-283, 335
defenses: ip-1 174
handwriting on wall (Da 5): it-1 1214; it-2 371, 579, 601; g 5/13 13; dp 98-113; si 138-140; g90 12/8 20; w88 12/1 13-14, 19-20; w87 9/1 24-26; w86 11/15 3-4
illustration: it-2 325
Nabonidus Chronicle: it-1 567-568; it-2 325, 458-459; si 282-283, 335
prophesied (Isa 13:1–14:23): wp20.1 8; g 1/11 11-12; ip-1 172-188
prophesied (Isa 21:1-10): w00 1/1 7; ip-1 215-225
prophesied (Isa 44:24–45:8): lff lesson 3; mwb17.01 7; g 11/07 9; w06 6/1 21-22; ip-2 70-72, 76-82
prophesied (Isa 47:1-15): ip-2 106-116
prophesied in detail: w23.01 4-5; wp20.1 8; wp18.2 6; bhs 23-24; g 5/13 12-13; g 2/11 17-18; jr 161; ip-2 71-72, 76-78; dp 110-111, 150-151; w97 5/1 9-11; ba 27-29; w93 5/15 5; wi 7; gm 122-125; rs 60-61
foods: g92 6/22 29
Hanging Gardens: it-1 235-236, 890; gl 23; dp 66-67; g97 4/8 4, 7; g90 3/22 29
history: it-1 235-237; w89 5/1 3
after fall: it-1 237; w89 4/15 4-5; rs 49
illustration: g 1/11 10
Iraq’s restoration efforts: g91 1/8 29; g90 3/22 29; g88 3/8 30
Ishtar Gate: it-1 236; it-2 322; w11 11/1 12; w88 3/1 28-29, 31
Jewish population in first century: it-1 775; it-2 621; g04 5/8 14; si 252
law against adultery: w87 11/1 13
maps showing location: it-2 321
spread of religious ideas: re 236; sh 39
names:
Babel: it-1 234, 239; g89 1/22 21-22; w88 3/1 29
Merathaim (Jer 50:21): it-2 374-375
Pekod possibly: it-2 595
Sheshach (Jer 25:26; 51:41): it-2 926
Nebuchadnezzar’s construction work: it-1 235, 372-373; it-2 481-482; w11 11/1 12; w88 3/1 28-29
inscription boasting of: w23.07 31; it-2 323
Peter’s ministry: bt 30; it-1 418, 775; w14 1/15 24; si 252
writes letters from: it-2 621-622; si 251-252, 297
pictures: it-1 236-237; it-2 322-325; re 239; dp 64
Processional Way: it-1 235-236; w11 11/1 12
lion relief: it-2 323; ip-2 124
prophecies of desolation: it-1 967-968; it-2 324; g17.3 5; bhs 25; hl section 4; g 11/07 9; w98 4/1 19-20; ct 106-107; ba 29; w93 5/15 6; gm 122-123, 125
multiple fulfillment (Jer 50, 51): jr 165
permanence of desolation (Isa 13, 14): mwb25.11 16; it-2 770; ip-1 180-181
to be like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 13:19-22): g 6/12 14; ip-1 177-178
photos: it-2 324; hl section 4; re 266; gm 123; w88 3/1 31
Sennacherib levels: it-2 895
size: it-1 235
Temple of Marduk: it-1 236
“town of the tyrannical nations” (Isa 25:3): w88 1/15 12
treasury: it-2 1122
walls: it-1 235-237; it-2 322-323, 481-482; w88 3/1 28
witchcraft: it-2 293-294