Medo-Persian Kingdom
Medo-Persian Kingdom
Extended from India to Ethiopia - Es 1:1
Peopled by descendants of Eliam - Ge 10:22
ILLUSTRATED BY
- Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream
- Da 2:32,39 - A bear
- Da 7:5 - A ram with two horns
- Da 8:3,20
Shushan a chief city of - Es 1:2; 8:15
Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of - Ezr 6:2
Divided into many provinces - Es 1:1; Da 6:1
Laws of, unalterable - Da 6:12,15
Ruled by, absolute kings - Es 3:8,11; 7:9
KINGS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Cyrus
- Ezr 1:1 - Ahasuerus or Cambyses
- Ezr 4:6 - Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper)
- Ezr 4:7 - Darius Hystaspes
- Ezr 6:1; Da 5:31 - Xerxes
- Da 11:2 - Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus
- Ezr 6:14; 7:1; Es 1:1
KINGS OF
- Called kings of Assyria
- Ezr 6:22 - Called kings of Babylon
- Ne 13:6 - Styled themselves king of kings
- Ezr 7:12 - Dwelt in royal palaces
- Es 1:2; 8:14 - Were exceeding rich
- Es 1:4; Da 12:2 - Entertained magnificently
- Es 1:3,5,7 - Held in their hand a golden sceptre
- Es 5:2 - Put to death all who approached them without permission
- Es 4:11,16
Celebrated for wise men - Es 1:13; Mt 2:1
People of, warlike - Eze 27:10; 38:5
Peculiar customs in - Es 1:8; 2:12,13
Babylon taken by the king of - Da 5:20,31
The Jews delivered from captivity by means of - 2Ch 36:20,22,23; Ezr 1:1-4
PREDICTIONS RESPECTING