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Bel and the Dragon 1

Bel and the Dragon 1 ( Bel and the Dragon • Chapter 1 (42 verses)): AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. And Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends. Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flo... Mentions: Daniel , Babylon . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Zerubbabel (Generation 53 • Messianic Line • Child of Shealtiel ): Zerubbabel is a biblical figure in Generation 53 of the Messianic Line , child of Shealtiel , parent of Abihud . ( Matthew 1:12 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3 , Ezra 2 , Ezra 3 ) Bela (Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin ): Bela is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin , parent of Ezbon , Uzzi , Uzziel , Jerimoth , Iri . ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 8:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 14 , Genesis 36 , Genesis 46 ) Ashbel (or Jediael ?) (Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin): Ashbel (or Jediael?) is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin. ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 1 Chronicles 8:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 46 , Numbers 26 , 1 Chronicles 7 ) Benjamin (Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Benjamin is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Bela, Becher , Ashbel (or Jediael?), Aharah , Nohah . ( Genesis 35:18 , 35:24 , 46:19 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 ) (mentioned in Genesis 35 , Genesis 42 , Genesis 43 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Abel (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 , 2 Sam 20:18 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).) Abel-meholah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 7:22 , 1 Kgs 4:12 , 1 Kgs 19:16 .) Abel-beth-maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 15:20 , 2 Kgs 15:29 .) Babel (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:10 , Gen 11:9 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Jeremiah 51:34 : "Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my de..."; Revelation 12:7 : "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"; Job 30:29 : "I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.". Related canonical books and chapters: Bel and the Dragon 1 ( Bel and the Dragon • Chapter 1 (42 verses)), Bel and the Dragon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters), 1 Corinthians 15 ( 1 Corinthians • Chapter 15 (58 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Bel and the Dragon 1
99% Chapter
Bel and the Dragon • Chapter 1 (42 verses)

AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. And Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends. Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flo... Mentions: Daniel , Babylon .

Bel and the Dragon
99% Apocrypha
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters

Bel and the Dragon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Daniel . Key places: Babylon . Opens with: "AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom...."

Rembrandt — Belshazzar's Feast (1635)
Rembrandt — Belshazzar's Feast (1635)
IMAGE 95%
IMAGE • artwork

The Babylonian king terrorized by the supernatural hand writing 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin' on the wall.

Rembrandt van Rijn • Rijksmuseum / Historical Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Tower of Babel (1866)
Gustave Doré — The Tower of Babel (1866)
IMAGE 95%
IMAGE • artwork

The ambitious ziggurat climbing toward heaven and the confusion of human tongues across the nations.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
IMAGE 94%
IMAGE • artwork

The archangel Michael and his angels casting down the ancient dragon in the apocalyptic heavenly war.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0
Zerubbabel
92% Messianic Line
Generation 53 • Messianic Line • Child of Shealtiel

Zerubbabel is a biblical figure in Generation 53 of the Messianic Line , child of Shealtiel , parent of Abihud . ( Matthew 1:12 )

דָּוִד
Dawid (Dāwîḏ) [daw-VEED]
H1732 Hebrew proper noun 1075x
David, beloved (Davidic Covenant)

David; shepherd, psalmist, anointed king of Israel with whom God made an unconditional everlasting covenant (2 Samuel 7, Psalm 89); prime type of the Messiah.

Derivation: From דּוֹד (H1730) beloved.
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ G1138
Themes:
davidic-covenant messianic kingship typology
Key Scripture Passages:
1SA.16.13 2SA.7.8 PSA.89.3 ISA.9.7 JER.23.5 EZK.34.23 HOS.3.5
הֶבֶל
hebel (heḇel) [HEH-vel]
H1892 Hebrew noun masculine 73x
vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility

Vapor, passing breath, transient futility; leitmotif of Ecclesiastes ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity', Ecclesiastes 1:2); mortal transience without God.

Derivation: From הָבַל (H1891) to act vanity.
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ G3153
Themes:
vanity transience wisdom ecclesiastes
Key Scripture Passages:
JOB.7.16 PSA.39.5 PSA.62.9 ECC.1.2 ECC.12.8 ISA.57.13
ἄπιστος
apistos (ápistos) [ap'-is-tos]
G0571 Greek adjective 23x
incredible, without faith, trust

Primary meaning: incredible, without faith, trust, unbelieving. Strong's: (actively) disbelieving, i.e. without Christian faith (specially, a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing). Lexical nuances: of things, incredible : Ac 26:8 ;

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G4103 (πιστός);
Themes:
hamartiology unbelief
Key Scripture Passages:
ACT.26.8 MAT.17.17 MRK.9.19 LUK.9.41 LUK.12.46 JHN.20.27 TIT.1.15 REV.21.8
πιστεύω
pisteuo (pisteúō) [pist-yoo'-o]
G4100 Greek verb 241x
to have faith, to believe, to believe in

Primary meaning: to have faith, to believe, to believe in, on. Strong's: to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ). Lexical nuances: intrans., to have faith (in), to believe ; in cl., c. acc., dat., in NT also c. prep. (on the significance of the various constructions, v. M, Pr. , 67 f.; Vau. on Ro 4:5 ; Ellic. on I Ti 1:16 ; Abbott, JV , 19-80): absol., Mt 24:23 , 26 , Mk 13:21 , I Co 11:18 ; c. acc. rei, Ac 13:41 , I Co 13:7 ; c. dat. pers. (to believe what one says), Mk 16:[13 , 14] , I Jo 4:1 ; τ. ψεύδει , II Th 2:11 ; π...

Derivation: from G4102 (πίστις);
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ H0539
Themes:
soteriology faith
Key Scripture Passages:
ROM.4.5 1TI.1.16 MAT.24.23 MAT.24.26 MRK.13.21 1CO.11.18 ACT.13.41 1CO.13.7
πίστις
pistis (pístis) [pis'-tis]
G4102 Greek noun feminine 243x
faith, belief, trust

Primary meaning: faith, belief, trust, confidence. Strong's: persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself. Lexical nuances: in active sense, faith , belief , trust , confidence , in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10 , Lk 5:20 , Ac 14:9 , Ro 1:8 , I Co 2:5 , II Co 1:24 , I Ti 1:5 , al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22 , Ac 3:16 , Ro 3:22 , Ga 2:16 , Eph 3:12 , Ja 2:1 , al.; c. prep., ἐν , Ro 3:25 , Ga 3:26 , Eph 1:15 , Col 1:24 , I Ti 1:14 3:13 , II Ti 1:13 3:15 , II Pe 1:1 ; εἰς , Ac ...

Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ H0530
Themes:
soteriology faith covenant
Key Scripture Passages:
MAT.8.10 LUK.5.20 ACT.14.9 ROM.1.8 1CO.2.5 2CO.1.24 1TI.1.5 MRK.11.22
πιστός
pistos (pistós) [pis-tos']
G4103 Greek noun neuter 67x
to be trusted, believed, trusty

Primary meaning: to be trusted, believed, trusty, faithful. Strong's: objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful. Lexical nuances: Pass., to be trusted or believed ; of persons, trusty , faithful : Mt 24:45 25:21 , 23 , Lk 12:42 , Ac 16:15 , I Co 4:2 , 17 7:25 , Eph 1:1 6:21 , Col 1:2 , 7 4:7 , 9 , I Ti 1:12 , II Ti 2:2 , He 2:17 3:2 , 5 , I Pe 5:12 , Re 2:13 19:11 ; of God, I Co 1:9 10:13 , II Co 1:18 , I Th 5:24 , II Th 3:3 , He 10:23 11:11 , II Ti 2:13 , I Jo 1:9 , I Pe 4:19 ; seq. ἐν , Lk 16:10-12 19:17 , I Ti 3:11 ; ἐ...

Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);
Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:
LXX ⇄ H0539
Themes:
soteriology faith
Key Scripture Passages:
MAT.24.45 MAT.25.21 MAT.25.23 LUK.12.42 ACT.16.15 1CO.4.2 1CO.4.17 1CO.7.25
Bela
85% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin

Bela is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin , parent of Ezbon , Uzzi , Uzziel , Jerimoth , Iri . ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 8:1 )

Ashbel (or Jediael?)
85% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Benjamin

Ashbel (or Jediael?) is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Benjamin . ( Genesis 46:21 , Numbers 26:38 , 1 Chronicles 7:6 , 1 Chronicles 8:1 )

Abel
82% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Abel-beth-maacah • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 , 2 Sam 20:18 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).

Abel-meholah
82% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.356°N, 35.537°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 7:22 , 1 Kgs 4:12 , 1 Kgs 19:16 .

Abel-beth-maacah
81% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 15:20 , 2 Kgs 15:29 .

Babel
81% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:10 , Gen 11:9 .

Babylon
80% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 20:12 , 2 Kgs 20:14 , 2 Kgs 20:17 , 2 Kgs 20:18 (identified with Babel ).

Bela
80% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Zoar • 30.927°N, 35.419°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 (identified with Zoar ).

Abel-keramim
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.024°N, 35.824°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 11:33 .

Abel-maim
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Abel-beth-maacah • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 16:4 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).

Abel-mizraim
79% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 50:11 .

Beth-arbel
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.561°N, 35.848°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Hos 10:14 .

Dragon Spring
79% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 2:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
78% 3D Model
Interactive 3D Assyrian Monument • 2 Kings 9–10

Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.

Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return
75% Wiki Topic
Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Papyrus 52 (P52, Rylands Greek 457) Verso — John 18:37–38
Papyrus 52 (P52, Rylands Greek 457) Verso — John 18:37–38
IMAGE 73%
IMAGE • manuscripts

Verso of P52 containing Christ 's famous declaration: 'Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice' and Pilate's question 'What is truth?'.

Second-Century Egyptian Christian Scribe • John Rylands Library, Manchester / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Raphael — The Transfiguration (1520, Vatican Museums)
Raphael — The Transfiguration (1520, Vatican Museums)
IMAGE 73%
IMAGE • artwork

Raphael's final masterpiece juxtaposing Christ 's heavenly glory on Mount Tabor with the demon-possessed boy below.

Raphael Sanzio • Vatican Museums / Victoria and Albert Museum Public Domain Mark 1.0
1 Corinthians 15
72% Chapter
1 Corinthians • Chapter 15 (58 verses)

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that w... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Adam , Ephesus .

Benjamin
72% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Jacob/Israel

Benjamin is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Bela , Becher , Ashbel (or Jediael ?), Aharah , Nohah . ( Genesis 35:18 , 35:24 , 46:19 , 1 Chronicles 2:2 )

1 John 3
72% Chapter
1 John • Chapter 3 (24 verses)

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall a... Mentions: Cain , Yeshua the Messiah .

1 John 4
72% Chapter
1 John • Chapter 4 (21 verses)

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesse... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.

1 John 5
72% Chapter
1 John • Chapter 5 (21 verses)

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.

1 Timothy 6
72% Chapter
1 Timothy • Chapter 6 (21 verses)

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they a... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Scripture Passages (24)

Jeremiah 51:34 (KJV)
KJV

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Revelation 12:7 (KJV)
KJV

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

Job 30:29 (KJV)
KJV

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

Psalms 148:7 (KJV)
KJV

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

Deuteronomy 32:33 (KJV)
KJV

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Jeremiah 51:37 (KJV)
KJV

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Malachi 1:3 (KJV)
KJV

And I hated Esau , and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Psalms 74:13 (KJV)
KJV

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Psalms 44:19 (KJV)
KJV

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Psalms 91:13 (KJV)
KJV

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Revelation 12:13 (KJV)
KJV

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Revelation 20:2 (KJV)
KJV

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Jeremiah 9:11 (KJV)
KJV

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Revelation 12:3 (KJV)
KJV

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Revelation 12:16 (KJV)
KJV

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Revelation 13:11 (KJV)
KJV

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Micah 1:8 (KJV)
KJV

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Jeremiah 14:6 (KJV)
KJV

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Jeremiah 49:33 (KJV)
KJV

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Isaiah 34:13 (KJV)
KJV

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Jeremiah 10:22 (KJV)
KJV

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

Isaiah 35:7 (KJV)
KJV

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Revelation 13:4 (KJV)
KJV

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Revelation 12:17 (KJV)
KJV

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ .

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