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)

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
NT 12 0 12
BM 11 0 11
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Omni 1 0 1
DC 9 0 9
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 314 5 319

1 Ne. 1:13
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine abominations! Yea, and many things did my father read concerning Jerusalem-- that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many should be carried away captive into Babylon.

1 Ne. 10:3
That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.

1 Ne. 20:14
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans.

1 Ne. 20:20
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

2 Ne. 23:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Ne. 23:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

2 Ne. 24:4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

2 Ne. 24:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

2 Ne. 25:10
Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction which should come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and according to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.

2 Ne. 25:15
Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all nations; yea, and also Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered by other nations.

Omni 1:15
Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.