Some things about the Tower of Babel:
The tower of Babel was built in the plain in Shinar. Shinar is the Hebrew name for Babylonia. The Tower of Babel was the world’s first skyscraper, as well as a symbol of the might and hubris of the ancient city of Babylon. The enormous building, mentioned in the Bible, has fascinated generation upon generation, although everyone has their own image of what it once looked like.
Historians have only been able to agree on one thing:
The tower was said to reach up to the sky.
The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq. It was a city of open squares, broad boulevards and narrow, winding lanes. But the City of Cities, as Babylon was known by the Ancients, eventually fell into ruin. And the residents of Babylon plundered the Tower of Babel and used its bricks to build their own houses.
It was aerial photography, however, that provided the first real clues as to the location of the tower. The photographs show the tower’s square-shaped outline in the center of the city Genesis 11:4 …let us build us a city and a tower,.. .
Today, nothing remains but a watering hole. The Tower was said to be almost 100 meters tall and was dedicated to Babylon’s own God, Marduk.
There are 43 references to Towers in Scripture:
(some references are speaking of God)
Genesis 11:4-4 The Tower of Babel.
Genesis 35:21 The Tower of Edar.
Judges 8:9,17 The Tower of Penuel.
Judges 9:46-47,49,1-51 The Tower of Shechem.
2 Kings 5:24, 9:17, 17:9, 18:8 The Tower in Jezreel.
2 Chronicles 20:24 A watch Tower in the wilderness.
Nehemiah 3:1 The Tower of Meah, the Tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah 3:11 The Tower of the furnaces
Nehemiah 3:25-27 Speaks of a Tower.
Nehemiah 12:38-39 Tells more of these Towers.
Song of Solomon 4:4 … like the tower of David builded for an armoury…
Isaiah 2:15, 5:2 speaks of high Tower
Jeremiah 6:67 (an example) Jeremiah 31:38 The Tower of Hananeel.
Ezekiel 29:10, 30:6 The Tower of Syene.
Zechariah 14:1 The Tower of Hananeel.
The Lord Jesus speaks of towers in His Parables:
Matthew 21:31, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
And in Luke 13:4 … upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, …
Some of these were actual Towers, some were buildings on high hills, and others were…?
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