Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'babylon' occurs 314 times in the standard works.

195 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'babylon' in the standard works and contain 62.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 91 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 27:16-28:4 (11 in 11 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:10-17 (9 in 8 verses)

Jer. 51:53-61 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezra 5:12-6:1 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 27:8-14 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 39:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 39:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 51:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 51:29-35 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 52:9-15 (7 in 7 verses)

Jer. 40:4-9 (6 in 6 verses)

Jer. 51:44-49 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:20-24 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Chr. 36:6-10 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 20:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 29:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)


Dan. 2:48-3:1 (4 in 3 verses)

 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.




Jer. 29:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 32:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 50:45-51:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 1:11-2:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 2:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 1:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 39:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 25:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 51:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 1:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 282 5 287
Josh. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 32 0 32
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 9 0 9
Ezra 15 1 16
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 13 0 13
Jer. 169 0 169
Ezek. 17 3 20
Dan. 17 0 17
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 12 0 12
BM 11 0 11
DC 9 0 9
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 314 5 319

Dan. 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Dan. 2:12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Dan. 2:14
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Dan. 2:18
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Dan. 2:24
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Dan. 2:48
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Dan. 2:49
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Dan. 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Dan. 3:12
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Dan. 3:30
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

Dan. 4:6
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

Dan. 4:29
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

Dan. 4:30
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Dan. 5:7
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Dan. 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.