Dura, Plain of
Dura, Plain Of
DURA, PLAIN OF.The precise locality is uncertain, but it must have been in the vicinity of Babylon. Perhaps the name is derived from the Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] duru = wall, which is frequently used as a town name. Oppert (Expd. en Msop. I. 238) found a small river so named, falling into the Euphrates 6 or 7 miles S.E. of Babylon, the neighbouring mounds being also named Tolul Dura. A curious Talmudic legend makes this plain the scene of Ezekiels vision (Eze 37:1-14), which it regards as an actual event (Sanh. 92 b).
J. Taylor.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Dura, Plain of
Dan 3:1