Dura

Area

Location disputed

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tulul Dura Possible
  • Babylon Possible
  • Tall al Lahm Less likely
  • Tell ed Der Less likely

Dura in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • Daniel 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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