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Lexicon :: Strong's H894 - bāḇel

Aa
בָּבֶל
Transliteration
bāḇel
Pronunciation
baw-vel'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 197

Strong’s Definitions

בָּבֶל Bâbel, baw-bel'; from H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:—Babel, Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x

The KJV translates Strong's H894 in the following manner: Babylon (257x), Babylonian (with H1121) (3x), Babel (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x
The KJV translates Strong's H894 in the following manner: Babylon (257x), Babylonian (with H1121) (3x), Babel (2x).

  1. Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

    1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּבֶל Bâbel, baw-bel'; from H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:—Babel, Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H894: Abbreviations
בָּבֶ֫ל 262 proper name, of a location Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bab-ilu, gate of god DlPa 212, compare on other hand JenKosmol. 498) — with ָ  ה locative בָּבֶ֫לָה Ezekiel 12:13 +, בָּבֶ֑לָה 2 Kings 20:17 —מִבָּבֶ֫לָה Jeremiah 27:16; — the ancient capital of Babylonia, modern Hillah, situated on Euphrates, in long. approximately 440 30° east, and latitude approximately 320 50° north; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:9 (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not elsewhere in Hexateuch; 2 Kings 17:24 + 31 times 2 Kings; + 18 times Chronicles; Esther 2:6; late Psalm 87:4; Psalm 137:1; Psalm 137:8; Isa2; Isa3, namely Isaiah 13:1, 19; Isaiah 14:4, 22; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 39:1, 3, 6, 7; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:14, 20; Micah 4:10 (but here probably not original, compare RSProph. vii. n. 5 & references) Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 6:10; Daniel 1:1; Ezekiel 12:13 + 19 times Ezekiel; Jeremiah 20:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 20:5, 6 165 times Jeremiah — note especially אֶרֶץ בּ׳ Jeremiah 50:28; also of land & people = realm, particular in מֶלֶךְ בּ׳ 2 Kings 20:12 of Merodach Baladan; 2 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 24:1, 7, 11, 12 (twice in verse) + often of Nebuchadrezzar; 2 Kings 25:27 = Jeremiah 52:31 compare Jeremiah 52:34 of Evil-Merodach; Nehemiah 13:6 of Artaxerxes; the city personified as בַּת בָּבֶל Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 50:42. (See DlPa 212 COT Genesis 11:9 KG95.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H895.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:10; 11:9; 11:9

2 Kings

17:24; 20:12; 20:17; 20:18; 24:1; 24:7; 24:11; 24:12; 25:27

Nehemiah

13:6

Esther

2:6

Psalms

87:4; 137:1; 137:8

Isaiah

13:1; 13:19; 14:4; 14:22; 21:9; 39:1; 39:3; 39:6; 39:7; 43:14; 47:1; 47:1; 48:14; 48:20

Jeremiah

20:1; 20:4; 20:5; 20:6; 27:16; 50:28; 50:42; 52:31; 52:34

Ezekiel

12:13; 12:13

Daniel

1:1

Micah

4:10

Zechariah

2:11; 6:10

H894

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Strong's Number H894 matches the Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel),
which occurs 262 times in 233 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 10:10–Isa 13:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore H5921 H3651 it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Babel H894, because H3588 there H8033 the LORD H3068 confused H1101 the [fn]language H8193 of all H3605 the earth H776; and from there H8033 the LORD H3068 scattered H6327 them abroad over H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776.

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Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 people from Babylon H894, Cuthah H3575, [fn]Avva H5755, Hamath H2574, and Sepharvaim H5617, and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So they took H3423 possession H3423 of Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - The men H376 of Babylon H894 made H6213 Succoth-benoth H5524, the men H376 of Cuth H3575 made H6213 Nergal H5370, the men H376 of Hamath H2574 made H6213 Ashima H807,

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At that time H6256 [fn]Berodach-baladan H1255, a son H1121 of Baladan H1081, king H4428 of Babylon H894, sent H7971 letters H5612 and a gift H4503 to Hezekiah H2396, because H3588 he heard H8085 that Hezekiah H2396 had been H2470 sick H2470.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 came H935 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 and said H559 to him, “What H4100 did these H428 men H376 say H559, and from where H370 have they come H935 to you?” And Hezekiah H2396 said H559, “They have come H935 from a far H7350 country H776, from Babylon H894.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - ‘Behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935 when everything H3605 that is in your house H1004, and what H834 your fathers H1 have stored H686 up to this H2088 day H3117, will be carried H5375 to Babylon H894; nothing H3808 H1697 will be left H3498,’ says H559 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - ‘And some H4480 of your sons H1121 who H834 will come H3318 from you, whom H834 you will father H3205, will be taken H3947 away; and they will become H1961 officials H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894.’”

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In his days H3117 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H5927 up H5927, and Jehoiakim H3079 became H1961 his servant H5650 for three H7969 years H8141; then he turned H7725 and revolted H4775 against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - Now the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 did not come H3318 out H3318 of his land H776 again H5750 H3254, because H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H3947 everything H3605 that belonged H1961 to the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 from the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714 to the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.

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At that time H6256 the servants H5650 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 went H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389, and the city H5892 came H935 under siege H4692.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - And Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 to the city H5892, while his servants H5650 were besieging H6696 H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - Then Jehoiachin H3078 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, he, his mother H517, his servants H5650, his commanders H8269, and his officials H5631. And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 took H3947 him prisoner in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign H4427.

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So he led H1540 Jehoiachin H3078 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894; also the king’s H4428 mother H517, the king’s H4428 wives H802, and his officials H5631 and the leading H193 men H193 of the land H776, he led H1980 into exile H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And all H3605 the valiant H2428 men H376, seven H7651 thousand H505, and the craftsmen H2796 and the smiths H4525, a thousand H505, all H3605 strong H1368 and fit H6213 for war H4421, these too the king H4428 of Babylon H894 brought H935 into exile H1473 to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 made H4427 [fn]his uncle H1730 Mattaniah H4983 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, and changed H5437 his name H8034 to Zedekiah H6667.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For it was due H5921 to the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 that this happened H1961 in Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, until H5704 He cast H7993 them out H7993 of His presence H6440. And Zedekiah H6667 revolted H4775 against the king H4428 of Babylon H894.

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Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his army H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, camped H2583 against H5921 it, and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they captured H8610 the king H4428 and brought H5927 him up H5927 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H4941 on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - And they slaughtered H7819 the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869, then put H5786 out H5786 Zedekiah’s H6667 eyes H5869 and bound H631 him with bronze H5178 shackles H5178, and brought H935 him to Babylon H894.

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Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Then Nebuzaradan H5018, the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, led H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 who were left H7604 in the city H5892 and the deserters H5307 who H834 had deserted H5307 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and the rest H3499 of the [fn]people H5971.

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Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 took H3947 them and brought H1980 them to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king H4428 of Babylon H894 struck H5221 them down and put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574. So Judah H3063 went H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from its land H127.

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Now as for the people H5971 who were left H7604 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had left H7604, he appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 over H5921 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 governor, they came H935 to Gedaliah H1436 at Mizpah H4709, namely, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143, Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Tanhumeth H8576 the Netophathite H5200, and Jaazaniah H2970 the son H1121 of the Maacathite H4602, they and their men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them and their men H376 and said H559 to them, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of the servants H5650 of the Chaldeans H3778; live H3427 in the land H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and it will go H3190 well H3190 for you.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - and he spoke H1696 kindly H2896 to him and set H5414 his throne H3678 above H4480 H5921 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 who H834 were with him in Babylon H894.

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So all H3605 Israel H3478 was enrolled H3187 in H3187 genealogies H3187; and behold H2009, they are written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478. And Judah H3063 was taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894 for their infidelity H4604.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Even H3651 in the matter of the messengers H3887 of the rulers H8269 of Babylon H894, who were sent H7971 to him to inquire H1875 about the wonder H4159 that had happened H1961 in the land H776; God H430 left H5800 him alone H5800 only to test H5254 him, so that He might know H3045 everything H3605 that was in his heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD H3068 brought H935 the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 against H5921 them, and they captured H3920 Manasseh H4519 with hooks H2336, bound H631 him with bronze H5178 chains, and led H1980 him to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 him and bound H631 him with bronze H5178 chains to take H1980 him to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar H5019 also brought H935 some of the articles H3627 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 to Babylon H894, and he put H5414 them in his temple H1964 in Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - At the turn H8666 of the year H8141 King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 sent H7971 men and had him brought H935 to Babylon H894 with the valuable H2532 articles H3627 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and he made H4427 his relative H251 Zedekiah H6667 king H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - He brought H935 all H3605 the articles H3627 of the house H1004 of God H430, great H1419 and small H6996, and the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the treasures H214 of the king H4428 and his officers H8269, to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - He took H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 those H7611 who had escaped H7611 from the sword H2719 to Babylon H894; and they were servants H5650 to him and to his sons H1121 until H5704 the rule H4427 of the kingdom H4438 of Persia H6539,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All H3605 the articles H3627 of gold H2091 and silver H3701 totaled 5,400 H2568 H505 H702 H3967. Sheshbazzar H8339 brought H5927 them all H3605 up H5927 with the exiles H1473 who went H5927 up H5927 from Babylon H894 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - So this H1931 Ezra H5830 went H5927 up H5927 from Babylon H894, and he was a scribe H5608 skilled H4106 in the Law H8451 of Moses H4872, which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 had given H5414; and the king H4428 granted H5414 him all H3605 [fn]he requested H1246 because the hand H3028 of the LORD H3068 his God H430 was upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - For on the first H259 day of the first H7223 month H2320 he began H3246 to go H4609 up H4609 from Babylon H894; and on the first H259 of the fifth H2549 month H2320 he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389, because the good H2896 hand H3027 of his God H430 was upon him.

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Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of their fathers’ H1 households and the genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187 of those who went H5927 up H5927 with me from Babylon H894 in the reign H4438 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783:

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These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - But during all H3605 this H2088 time I was not in Jerusalem H3389, for in the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Babylon H894 I had come H935 to the king H4428. After H7093 some time H3117, however, I requested H7592 a leave H7592 of H7592 absence H7592 from the king H4428,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - who H834 had been taken H1540 from Jerusalem H3389 with the exiles H1473 who H834 had been deported H1540 with Jeconiah H3204 king H4428 of Judah H3063, whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had deported H1540.

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“I shall mention H2142 [fn]Rahab H7294 and Babylon H894 [fn]among those who know H3045 Me;

Behold H2009, Philistia H6429 and Tyre H6865 with [fn]Cush H3568:

‘This H2088 one H2088 was born H3205 there H8033.’”

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By the rivers H5104 of Babylon H894,

There H8033 we sat H3427 down H3427 and wept H1058,

When we remembered H2142 Zion H6726.

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Daughter H1323 of Babylon H894, you [fn]devastated H7703 one,

Blessed H835 will be one who H7945 repays H7999 you

With [fn]the retribution H1576 with which H7945 you have repaid H1580 us.

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The pronouncement H4853 concerning Babylon H894 which H834 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 saw H2372:


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