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Dura

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The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship (Daniel 3:1 ). 

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Dura

the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in (Dan 3:1 ). The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image.

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary