Bible verses about Medo-persian Kingdom
Scripture references about Medo-persian Kingdom, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Medo-persian Kingdom in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- 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
- Extensive conquest: Da 8:4
- Conquest of Babylon: Isa 21:1,2; Da 5:28
- Deliverance of the Jews: Isa 44:28; 45:1-4
- Invasion of Greece under Xerxes: Da 11:2
- Downfall by Alexander: Da 8:6,7; 11:3