The circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image.
Place
Dura
- Name means
- same as Dor
- Location
- 32.537°N, 44.421°E · rough
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Dura
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Daniel
3:1
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.