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Sheshach

Town · today Babylon

Location well established About 870 km (540 miles) east of Jerusalem

Sheshach in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Jeremiah 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
  • Jeremiah 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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