⇒Definition of babylonicsAccording to the account of Herodotus (1, 178-186) the walls of Babylon were double, the outer line being 56 miles in circumference, built of large bricks cemented together with bitumen, and raised round the city in the form of an exact square; hence they ...
⇒Definition of mineThe following comments on this passage (which maybe a later addition of the time of Solomon), as well as the remarks on metallurgy in general, are indicative of its pertinence to the subject. SEE JOB, BOOK OF.