* The broad walls of Babylon. or, The walls of broad Babylon.
According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of
the walls of Babylon was 480; stadia, or 60; miles, their
breadth 50; cubits, and their height 200; cubits; but when
Darius became master of the place, B.C. 516, he took away all
their 100; gates of brass, and beat down their walls to 50
cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications
remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city!
# 44; 50:15|
* broken. or, made naked. high gates.
# 30; Isa 45:1,2|
* the people.
# 9,64; Ps 127:1; Isa 65:23; Hab 2:13|
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