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Babylon
The empire that conquered Judah and exiled its people—later a biblical symbol of human pride against God.
Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 586 BC and carried the people into exile, the setting of Daniel and much prophetic literature.
Beyond history, ‘Babylon’ becomes a symbol of arrogant, godless power, especially in Revelation, where it falls before God’s kingdom.
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