CHALDEES

Biblical gentilic

1.

Group identified by ISAIAH (2 Nephi 23:19 = Isaiah 13:19) with BABYLON

See CHALDEANS. Only the King James Bible (and the Vulgate) spells the names differently, CHALDEES in Isaiah 13:19 and CHALDEANS in Isaiah 48:14, 20. Neither the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint nor the Wycliffe nor the Matthew Bible nor the Geneva Bible spell the names differently.