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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71675" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71675" /> == | ||
<p> '''Babylo'nians.''' ''The | <p> '''Babylo'nians.''' ''The Inhabitants Of '' [[Babylon]] '','' a race of Shemitic origin, who were among the colonists planted in the cities of [[Samaria]] by the conquering Assyrian. Ezra 4:9. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1624" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1624" /> == | ||
<p> '''''bab''''' -'''''i''''' -'''''lō´ni''''' -'''''anz''''' : The inhabitants of [[Babylonia]] (which see). They were among the colonists planted in Samaria by the [[Assyrians]] ( Ezra 4:9 ). "The likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea" ( Ezekiel 23:15 ) refers to the pictures which were common on the walls of [[Babylonian]] palaces, and the reports of them being heard in Jerusalem, or copies of them seen there, awakened the nation's desire for these unknown lovers, which Judah had ample occasion to repent of ( Ezekiel 23:17 , Ezekiel 23:23; compare 2 Ki 24). </p> | <p> ''''' bab ''''' - ''''' i ''''' - ''''' lō´ni ''''' - ''''' anz ''''' : The inhabitants of [[Babylonia]] (which see). They were among the colonists planted in Samaria by the [[Assyrians]] ( Ezra 4:9 ). "The likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea" ( Ezekiel 23:15 ) refers to the pictures which were common on the walls of [[Babylonian]] palaces, and the reports of them being heard in Jerusalem, or copies of them seen there, awakened the nation's desire for these unknown lovers, which Judah had ample occasion to repent of ( Ezekiel 23:17 , Ezekiel 23:23; compare 2 Ki 24). </p> | ||
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