בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל

Ezra 5:12 בָּבֶ֖ל לְבָבֶֽל׃ ס Babylon, to Babylon

But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

Ezra 5:13 בָבֶ֑ל Babylon

In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Ezra 5:14 בָבֶ֑ל בָבֶ֔ל Babylon

He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

Here: The imperial capital. Its chief temple was Esagila, the temple of Marduk, and that is the likely place meant (compare Daniel 1:2, 'the treasury of his god').

Ezra 5:17 בְּבָבֶל֒ [are] in Babylon

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Ezra 6:1 בְּבָבֶֽל׃ in Babylon

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

Ezra 6:5 לְבָבֶ֑ל to Babylon

Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

Ezra 7:16 בָּבֶ֑ל Babylon

together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

Daniel 2:12 בָבֶֽל׃ Babylon

This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:14 בָּבֶֽל׃ Babylon

When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, went out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel responded with discretion and tact.

Daniel 2:18 בָבֶֽל׃ Babylon

urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Here: The imperial capital, the center of the ancient world's most prestigious tradition of omen-reading and dream interpretation.

Daniel 2:24 בָבֶ֑ל בָבֶל֙ Babylon

Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

Daniel 2:48 בָּבֶ֑ל בָבֶֽל׃ Babylon

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

Here: Babylon. Here it means the district around the city, the heartland of Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom.

Daniel 2:49 בָּבֶ֔ל Babylon

And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

Daniel 3:1 בָּבֶֽל׃ Babylon

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Here: Babylon, the imperial capital and its surrounding region. In Israel's scriptures it already stood for proud, god-defying empire (Genesis 11; Isaiah 13–14), and Daniel 1:2 calls it 'the land of Shinar'.

Daniel 3:12 בָּבֶ֔ל Babylon

But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Here: The imperial capital and its province, centre of Marduk's cult.

Daniel 3:30 בָּבֶֽל׃ פ Babylon

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 4:6 בָבֶ֑ל Babylon

So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

Daniel 4:29 בָבֶ֖ל Babylon

Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

Daniel 4:30 בָּבֶ֣ל Babylon

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Here: The capital of the Neo-Babylonian empire. For Jewish hearers it was also the city that destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, and the city of the Babel story in Genesis 11, which had a long history of human self-exaltation.

Daniel 5:7 בָבֶ֗ל Babylon

The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Here: The capital itself. These are the most prestigious experts of the most learned city of the ancient world.

Daniel 7:1 בָּבֶ֔ל Babylon

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

Here: Babylon: the city and the empire that had destroyed Jerusalem and now ruled the exiles. Here it is the empire about to be judged.