![]() ![]() Īnd all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes all these he brought to Babylon. Therefore he (God) brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.Īnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. Therefore is the name of it called Babel because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.Īnd the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.Īnd it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it and they built forts against it round about. Additionally, the city is symbolic of the world's self-centered and god-rejecting governments that will be destroyed and replaced when Jesus Christ returns to the earth.Īnd the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ![]() The Apostle Peter not only preached in city but the possibility exists he died a martyrs' death in it. It was through Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, which Daniel interpreted while he was in captivity, that God revealed prophetic empires that would rule the world from the time of the Neo-Babylonian empire to end time Beast power (Daniel 2, 7, 8). In the third and final assault, Jerusalem and its temple are destroyed. Benner's book The Living Words expounding on the Ancient Hebrew culture and philosophy.ĭefinition of Hebrew Words (Articles) Defining Hebrew words within their original cultural context.Because of the Kingdom of Judah's many sins, God allowed the empire to overcome his people and take them captive in three successive waves (605, 587 and 586 B.C.). The Living Words - Introduction (Article) An introduction to Mr. How to do a Hebrew Word Study (Video Course) Learn the methods to uncover the deeper meanings of Hebrew words behind the English translations. Benner's ebook, A Mechanical Translation of Genesis. In our English language we also have the word babble meaning "To utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds", a clear connection between Hebrew and English.įree Study Pack Sign up for our mail list and get a free study pack that includes Mr. Yes, Babel and Babylon are one and the same place Babylon is the place of confusion. But, instead of translating this name the same way all the time, the translators have chosen to translate it as "Babylon" in all its other occurrences. While we may only be familiar with this place name as Babel as found in Genesis, this name is used 262 times throughout the Biblical text. Interestingly the name בבל ( babel) is a mixing up of the letters from the word בלל (balal). In this case the word "confused" is the Hebrew word בלל ( balal) meaning to be mixed up and it was here that God "mixed up" the languages. Whenever a Hebrew name is given in the text and followed by the word "because", the text is providing the connection between the name and the reason for the name. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. ![]() To most people the name Bavel (or Babel) is only known to us as the name of the city where God confounded the languages. Topics Definition of Hebrew Names Babel By Jeff A. ![]()
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