Places in the Bible Today:

Babylon 1

Data

Translated NamesBabylon, Babylonia, Babylonian, Babylonians, Desert by the Sea, Tyre, wilderness by the Sea, Wilderness of the Sea
Typesettlement
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Babylon (modern): very high confidence
    1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylon

Verses (296)

1Sam-Esth (50)
2Kgs 17:24, 17:30, 20:12, 20:14, 20:17, 20:18, 24:1, 24:7, 24:10, 24:11, 24:12, 24:15, 24:16, 24:17, 24:20, 25:1, 25:6, 25:7, 25:8, 25:11, 25:13, 25:20, 25:21, 25:22, 25:23, 25:24, 25:27, 25:28, 25:29
1Chr 9:1
2Chr 32:31, 33:11, 36:6, 36:7, 36:10, 36:17, 36:18, 36:20
Ezra 2:1, 4:9, 4:12, 5:12, 5:13, 5:14, 5:17, 6:5, 7:1
Neh 7:6, 13:6
Esth 2:6
Job-Mal (242)
Ps 87:4, 137:1, 137:7, 137:8
Isa 13:1, 13:2, 13:14, 13:17, 13:19, 13:20, 13:22, 14:4, 14:22, 14:23, 21:1, 21:2, 21:9, 23:13, 39:1, 39:3, 39:6, 39:7, 43:14, 46:1, 47:1, 47:6, 48:14, 48:20
Jer 20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 21:2, 21:4, 21:7, 21:10, 22:25, 24:1, 25:1, 25:9, 25:11, 25:12, 25:14, 27:6, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:16, 27:17, 27:18, 27:20, 27:22, 28:2, 28:3, 28:4, 28:6, 28:11, 28:14, 29:1, 29:3, 29:4, 29:8, 29:10, 29:15, 29:16, 29:20, 29:21, 29:22, 29:24, 29:28, 29:31, 32:2, 32:3, 32:4, 32:5, 32:28, 32:36, 34:1, 34:2, 34:3, 34:7, 34:21, 35:11, 36:29, 37:1, 37:17, 37:19, 38:3, 38:17, 38:18, 38:22, 38:23, 39:1, 39:3, 39:5, 39:6, 39:7, 39:9, 39:11, 39:13, 40:1, 40:4, 40:5, 40:7, 40:9, 40:11, 41:2, 41:18, 42:11, 43:3, 43:10, 44:30, 46:2, 46:13, 46:18, 46:26, 49:28, 49:30, 49:31, 50:1, 50:2, 50:3, 50:8, 50:9, 50:10, 50:13, 50:14, 50:16, 50:17, 50:18, 50:23, 50:24, 50:27, 50:28, 50:29, 50:32, 50:34, 50:35, 50:39, 50:42, 50:43, 50:44, 50:45, 50:46, 51:1, 51:2, 51:6, 51:7, 51:8, 51:9, 51:11, 51:12, 51:13, 51:20, 51:24, 51:25, 51:29, 51:30, 51:31, 51:33, 51:34, 51:35, 51:37, 51:41, 51:42, 51:44, 51:45, 51:47, 51:48, 51:49, 51:52, 51:53, 51:54, 51:55, 51:56, 51:58, 51:59, 51:60, 51:61, 51:62, 51:64, 52:3, 52:4, 52:9, 52:10, 52:11, 52:12, 52:15, 52:17, 52:26, 52:27, 52:28, 52:31, 52:32, 52:33, 52:34
Ezek 1:1, 12:13, 14:22, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:17, 17:20, 19:9, 21:19, 21:21, 21:23, 24:2, 24:26, 26:7, 29:18, 29:19, 30:10, 30:24, 30:25, 32:11
Dan 1:1, 1:3, 2:12, 2:14, 2:18, 2:24, 2:48, 2:49, 3:1, 3:12, 3:30, 4:6, 4:29, 4:30, 5:7, 5:11, 7:1
Mic 4:10
Zech 2:6, 2:7, 6:10
Matt-John (3)
Matt 1:11, 1:12, 1:17
Acts-Rev (1)
Acts 7:43

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com211
Logos FactbookBabylon
OpenBible.info (2007)Babylon
OpenBible.infoa217d18 (Babylon 1)
TIPNRBabylon@Gen.10.10
UBS Names Databasent ID_190, ot ID_2496
WikidataQ5684

Places with Similar Names

Image

Ishtar gate from Babylon
Credit: Radomir Vrbovsky (modified)

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.