Babylon (1 Peter 5)
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Other places named Babylon: Babylon, Babylon (Revelation 14).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Rome (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 41.892° N, 12.485° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | 1 Peter 5:13 |
Babylon (1 Peter 5) is a settlement named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Rome (high confidence; 5 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Rome | high (92%) | 41.892° N, 12.485° E |
| another name for Jerusalem | very low (2%) | 31.777° N, 35.234° E |
| another name for Antioch | very low (-2%) | 36.227° N, 36.172° E |
| not a place (cipher) | very low (-2%) | — |
| Babylon el Darag | very low (-3%) | 30.002° N, 31.231° E |
| another name for Babylon | very low (-4%) | 32.543° N, 44.422° E |
Verses
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 5:13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.