Questions tagged [babylon]
Questions about the Babylon and Babylonian culture and history.
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Is what Laban said in Genesis 29:26 true?
In Genesis 29:26, after Jacob asks why Laban deceived him, Laban responds:
"And Laban said, 'It must not be done so in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.'"
I've tried ...
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Doesn't Jeremiah 3:16 confirm that the ark of the covenant was destroyed with the first temple in 586 BC?
" And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: ...
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Isaiah 14:12 - relationship to Canaanite religion
In Isaiah 14:12, (a passage addressed to the king of Babylon) Isaiah says:
Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror ...
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Re. The Crucifixion: Possible to Correlate Timekeeping and Calendar Systems?
Related:
- Historical Evidence that the Jewish Calendar Day Began at Sunset?
- In the Gospels, How Should the Hours of the Day be Understood?
- Historical Evidence that the Jewish Calendar Day ...
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Have the sizes of the image of gold made of Nebuchadnezzar any significance?
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. (Daniel 3:1)
Did these sizes represent something in ...
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Does Psalm 137 refer to the Babylonian captivity when Ezekiel was alive?
Wikipedia says:
According to the Hebrew Bible, there were four deportations of Jews to Babylon.
One of these times was when Ezekiel was prophesying.
Psalm 137 refers to a Babylonian captivity:
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