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 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.