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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 (Expéd. en Mésop. 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 Ezekiel’s vision (Eze_37:1-14), which it regards as an actual event (Sanh. 92 b).
J. Taylor.