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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Chaldeans

They started as one tribal group in southern Mesopotamia and ended up ruling the whole Babylonian empire. In the Old Testament the name came to mean Babylonians in general.

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First, in plain English

They started as one tribal group in southern Mesopotamia and ended up ruling the whole Babylonian empire. In the Old Testament the name came to mean Babylonians in general.

Who this is

The Chaldeans were originally a specific tribal group in southern Mesopotamia who eventually came to rule the entire Babylonian empire, and the name became a general term in the Old Testament for Babylonians broadly, especially in Daniel, where it also refers specifically to a professional class of astrologers and diviners at the Babylonian court.

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The word

H3778

Where it appears
  • Genesis 11:28
  • Genesis 11:31
  • Genesis 15:7
  • 2 Kings 24:2
  • 2 Kings 25:4
  • 2 Kings 25:5
  • 2 Kings 25:10
  • 2 Kings 25:13
  • 2 Kings 25:24
  • 2 Kings 25:25
  • 2 Kings 25:26
  • 2 Chronicles 36:17
  • Nehemiah 9:7
  • Job 1:17
  • Isaiah 13:19
  • Isaiah 23:13
  • Isaiah 43:14
  • Isaiah 47:1
  • Isaiah 47:5
  • Isaiah 48:14
  • Isaiah 48:20
  • Jeremiah 21:4
  • Jeremiah 21:9
  • Jeremiah 22:25
  • Jeremiah 24:5
  • Jeremiah 25:12
  • Jeremiah 32:4
  • Jeremiah 32:5
  • Jeremiah 32:24
  • Jeremiah 32:25
  • Jeremiah 32:28
  • Jeremiah 32:29
  • Jeremiah 32:43
  • Jeremiah 33:5
  • Jeremiah 35:11
  • Jeremiah 37:5
  • Jeremiah 37:8
  • Jeremiah 37:9
  • Jeremiah 37:10
  • Jeremiah 37:11
  • Jeremiah 37:13
  • Jeremiah 37:14
  • Jeremiah 38:2
  • Jeremiah 38:18
  • Jeremiah 38:19
  • Jeremiah 38:23
  • Jeremiah 39:5
  • Jeremiah 39:8
  • Jeremiah 40:9
  • Jeremiah 40:10
  • Jeremiah 41:3
  • Jeremiah 41:18
  • Jeremiah 43:3
  • Jeremiah 50:1
  • Jeremiah 50:8
  • Jeremiah 50:10
  • Jeremiah 50:25
  • Jeremiah 50:35
  • Jeremiah 50:45
  • Jeremiah 51:4
  • Jeremiah 51:24
  • Jeremiah 51:35
  • Jeremiah 51:54
  • Jeremiah 52:7
  • Jeremiah 52:8
  • Jeremiah 52:14
  • Jeremiah 52:17
  • Ezekiel 1:3
  • Ezekiel 12:13
  • Ezekiel 23:14
  • Ezekiel 23:15
  • Ezekiel 23:23
  • Daniel 1:4
  • Daniel 2:2
  • Daniel 2:4
  • Daniel 9:1
  • Habakkuk 1:6

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