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See Babylon for an account of the historical city.


Babel () is the name used in the for "gate of the god".


GENESIS

Babel is mentioned in .
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According to Genesis 11:1-9, mankind, after the deluge, travelled from the mountain of the East, where the ark had rested, and settled in 'a plain in the land of Shinar' (or Sennar ). Here, they attempted to build a city and a tower whose top might reach unto Heaven , the Tower Of Babel .


BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

See Also: Babylonian captivity


Babel features in the prophecies of Jeremiah , and Nebuchadnezzar 's siege of Jerusalem is told in 2 Kings . The Book Of Daniel is set at time of the Babylonian captivity itself. Such later references to Babel are normally translated into the more familiar Greek form "Babylon".