Bible Dictionary: Persia

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Persia

that cuts or divides; a nail; a gryphon; a horseman

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Persia

(pure, splended), Per'sians. Persia proper was a tract of no very large dimensions on the Persian Gulf, which is still known as Fars or Farsistan , a corruption of the ancient appellation. This tract was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania. But the name is more commonly applied, both in Scripture and by profane authors to the entire tract which came by degrees to be included within the limits of the Persian empire. This empire extended at one time from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included. besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south. The only passage in Scripture where Persia designates the tract which has been called above "Persia proper" is (Ezekiel 38:5) Elsewhere the empire is intended. The Persians were of the same race as the Medes, both being branches of the great Aryan stock.

Character of the nation . --The Persians were a people of lively and impressible minds, brave and impetuous in war, witty, passionate, for Orientals truthful, not without some spirit of generosity: and of more intellectual capacity than the generality of Asiatics. In the times anterior to Cyrus they were noted for the simplicity of their habits, which offered a strong contrast to the luxuriousness of the Medes; but from the late of the Median overthrow this simplicity began to decline. Polygamy was commonly practiced among them. They were fond of the pleasures of the table. In war they fought bravely, but without discipline.
Religion . --The religion which the Persians brought with there into Persia proper seems to have been of a very simple character, differing from natural religion in little except that it was deeply tainted with Dualism. Like the other Aryans, the Persians worshipped one supreme God. They had few temples, and no altars or images.
Language . --The Persian language was closely akin to the Sanskrit, or ancient language of India. Modern Persian is its degenerate representative, being largely impregnated with Arabic.
History . --The history of Persia begins with the revolt from the Medes and the accession of Cyrus the Great, B.C. 558. Cyrus defeated Croesus, and added the Lydian empire to his dominions. This conquest was followed closely by the submission of the Greek settlements on the Asiatic coast, and by the reduction of Caria and Lycia The empire was soon afterward extended greatly toward the northeast and east. In B.C. 539 or 538, Babylon was attacked, and after a stout defence fell into the hands of Cyrus. This victory first brought the Persians into contact with the Jews. The conquerors found in Babylon an oppressed race--like themselves, abhorrers of idols, and professors of a religion in which to a great extent they could sympathize. This race Cyrus determined to restore to their own country: which he did by the remarkable edict recorded in the first chapter of Ezra. (Ezra 1:2-4) He was slain in an expedition against the Massagetae or the Derbices, after a reign of twenty-nine years. Under his son and successor, Cambyses, the conquest of Egypt took place, B.C. 525. This prince appears to be the Ahasuerus of (Ezra 4:6) Gomates, Cambyses' successor, reversed the policy of Cyrus with respect to the Jews, and forbade by an edict the further building of the temple. (Ezra 4:17-22) He reigned but seven months, and was succeeded by Darius. Appealed to, in his second year, by the Jews, who wished to resume the construction of their temple, Darius not only granted them this privilege, but assisted the work by grants from his own revenues, whereby the Jews were able to complete the temple as early as his sixth year. (Ezra 6:1-15) Darius was succeeded by Xerxes, probably the Ahasuerus of Esther. Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, reigned for forty years after his death and is beyond doubt the king of that name who stood in such a friendly relation toward Ezra, (Ezra 7:11-28) and Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 2:1-9) etc. He is the last of the Persian kings who had any special connection with the Jews, and the last but one mentioned in Scripture. His successors were Xerxes II., Sogdianus Darius Nothus, Artaxerxes Mnemon, Artaxerxes Ochus, and Darius Codomannus, who is probably the "Darius the Persian" of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:22) These monarchs reigned from B.C. 424 to B.C. 330. The collapse of the empire under the attack of Alexander the Great took place B.C. 330.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Persia

In Hebrew Paras, Ezekiel 27:10, a vast region in Asia, the southwestern province of which lying between ancient media on the north and the Persian Gulf on the south, appears to have been the ancient Persia, and is still called Pharsistan, or Fars. The Persians, who became so famous after Cyrus, the founder of their more extended monarchy, were anciently called Elamites; and later, in the time of the Roman emperors, Parthians. See PARTHIA.

The early history of the Persians, like that of most of the oriental nations, is involved in doubt and perplexity. Their descent is traced to Shem, through his son Elam, after whom they were originally named. It is probable that they enjoyed their independence for several ages, with a monarchical succession of their own; until they were subdued by the Assyrians and their country attached as a province to that empire. From this period, both sacred and profane writers distinguish the kingdom of the Medes from that of the Persians. It is not improbable that, during this period, petty revolutions might have occasioned temporary disjunctions of Persia from Assyria, and that the Persian king was quickly again made sensible of his true allegiance. When Media became independent, under Dejoes and then Phraortes, Persia became also subject to its sway, as a tributary kingdom. Media having vanquished her great rival Assyria enjoyed a long interval of peace, during the reign of Astyages, son of Cyaxares. But his successor, Cyaxares the Second, united with the Persians against the Babylonians, and gave the command of the combined armies to Cyrus, who took the city of Babylon, killed Belshazzar, the terminated that kingdom 538 B. C.

Cyrus succeeded to the thrones of Media and Persia, and completed the union between those countries, which appear to have been in reality but two nations of he same race, having the same religion (See MAGI and MEDIA,) and using languages near akin to each other and to the ancient Sanscrit. Previously to their union under Cyrus, Daniel speaks of the law of the Medes and Persians as being the same.

The union was effected B. C. 536. The principal events relating to Scripture, which occurred during the reign of Cyrus, were the restoration of the Jews, the rebuilding of the city and temple, and the capture of Babylon, B. C. 539, Ezra 1:2. His dominion extended from the Mediterranean to the region of the Indus. Cambyses his successor, B. C. 529, added Egypt to the Persian realm, and the supremacy of Egypt and Syria was often in contest during subsequent reigns, Ezra 4:6. He was followed by Smerdis the Magian, B. C. 522, Ezra 4:7; Darius Hystapis, B. C. 521, Ezra 5:6; Xerxes, the Ahasuerus of the book of Esther, B. C. 485, Artabanus, B. C. 465; Artaxerxes Longimanus, B. C. 464, Nehemiah 2:1; Xerxes 2., B. C. 424; Sogdianus and Darius Nothus, B. C. 424; Artaxerxes Mnemon, B. C. 404; Artaxerxes Ochus, B. C. 364; Arses, B. C. 338; and Darius Codomanus, B. C. 335, who was subdued and slain by Alexander of Macedon, B. C. 330. In the seventh century Persia fell under the power of the Saracens, in the thirteenth it was conquered by Genghis Khan, and in the fourteenth by Tamerlane. Modern Persia is bounded north by Georgia, the Caspian sea, and Tartary; east by Afghanistan and Beloochistan; south by Ormus; and west by the dominions of Turkey. Its inhabitants retain to a remarkable extent the manners and custom of ancient Persia, of which we have so vivid a picture in Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Daniel.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

An ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. They were Aryans, their language belonging to the eastern division of the Indo-European group. One of their chiefs, Teispes, conquered Elam in the time of the decay of the Assyrian Empire, and established himself in the district of Anzan. His descendants branched off into two lines, one line ruling in Anzan, while the other remained in Persia. Cyrus II., king of Anzan, finally united the divided power, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylonia, and carried his arms into the far East. His son, Cambyses, added Egypt to the empire, which, however, fell to pieces after his death. It was reconquered and thoroughly organized by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, whose dominions extended from India to the Danube.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PERSIA

pur'-sha, (parats; Persia; in Assyrian Parsu, Parsua; in Achemenian Persian Parsa, modern Fars): In the Bible (2 Chronicles 36:20, 22, 23 Ezra 1:1, 8 Esther 1:3, 14, 18; Esther 10:2 Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5 Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 11:2) this name denotes properly the modern province of Fars, not the whole Persian empire. The latter was by its people called Airyaria, the present Iran (from the Sanskrit word arya, "noble"); and even now the Persians never call their country anything but Iran, never "Persia." The province of Persis lay to the East of Elam (Susiana), and stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Great Salt Desert, having Carmania on the Southeast. Its chief cities were Persepolis and Pasargadae. Along the Persian Gulf the land is low, hot and unhealthy, but it soon begins to rise as one travels inland. Most of the province consists of high and steep mountains and plateaus, with fertile valleys. The table-lands in which lie the modern city of Shiraz and the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae are well watered and productive. Nearer the desert, however, cultivation grows scanty for want of water. Persia was doubtless in early times included in Elam, and its population was then either Semitic or allied to the Accadians, who founded more than one state in the Babylonian plain. The Aryan Persians seem to have occupied the country in the 8th or 9th century B.C.

W. St. Clair Tisdall

Greek

1639. Elamites -- an Elamite, an inhabitant of Elam
... el-am-ee'-tace) Short Definition: an Elamite Definition: an Elamite, one of a people
living to the north of the Persian Gulf in the southern part of Persia. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

783b. Artachshast -- a son and successor of Xerxes, king of Persia
... 783a, 783b. Artachshast. 784 . a son and successor of Xerxes, king of Persia.
Transliteration: Artachshast Short Definition: Artaxerxes. ...
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6542. Parsi -- inhab. of Persia
... Parsi. 6543 . inhab. of Persia. Transliteration: Parsi Phonetic Spelling:
(par-see') Short Definition: Persian. ... of Persia NASB Word Usage Persian (1). Persian. ...
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6543. Parsay -- inhab. of Persia
... Parsay. 6544 . inhab. of Persia. Transliteration: Parsay Phonetic Spelling:
(par-see') Short Definition: Persian. ... of Persia NASB Word Usage Persian (1). Persian ...
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783a. Artachshasta -- a son and successor of Xerxes, king of ...
... 783, 783a. Artachshasta. 783b . a son and successor of Xerxes, king of Persia.
Transliteration: Artachshasta Short Definition: Artaxerxes. ...
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4462. Memukan -- a prince of Persia and Media
... Memukan or Momukan. 4463 . a prince of Persia and Media. Transliteration: Memukan
or Momukan Phonetic Spelling: (mem-oo-kawn') Short Definition: Memucan. ...
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325. Achashverosh -- king of Persia
... 324, 325. Achashverosh. 326 . king of Persia. Transliteration: Achashverosh
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ash-vay-rosh') Short Definition: Ahasuerus. ...
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783. Artachshashta' -- a son and successor of Xerxes, king of ...
... a son and successor of Xerxes, king of Persia. Transliteration: Artachshashta' Phonetic
Spelling: (ar-takh-shash-taw') Short Definition: Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes ...
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6539. Paras -- a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab.
... a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab. Transliteration: Paras Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-ras') Short Definition: Persia. ... NASB Word Usage Persia (28). ...
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6540. Paras -- a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab.
... NASB Word Usage Persia (2), Persians (4). Persia, Persians. (Aramaic) corresponding
to Parac -- Persia, Persians. see HEBREW Parac. 6539, 6540. Paras. 6541 > ...
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307. Achmetha -- the capital of Media
... Achmetha. Of Persian derivation; Achmetha (ie Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia --
Achmetha. 306, 307. Achmetha. 308 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Of the Persecutions in Persia and of them that were Martyred There ...
... Book V. Chapter XXXVIII."Of the persecutions in Persia and of them that were
martyred there. ... In Soc. vii. 8 he is "bishop of Persia.". ...
/.../chapter xxxviii of the persecutions in.htm

The Return of Xerxes to Persia.
... CHAPTER XII. THE RETURN OF XERXES TO PERSIA. ... Xerxes immediately determined on returning
to Persia himself, and leaving Mardonius to complete the conquest. ...
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Expedition of Julian into Persia; He was Worsted and Broke
... Book VI. Chapter I."Expedition of Julian into Persia; he was worsted and broke.
off his Life Miserably. Letter written by Libanius, describing his Death. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter i expedition of julian into.htm

The Emperor's Invasion of Persia, and Death.
... Book III. Chapter XXI."The Emperor's Invasion of Persia, and Death. The
emperor meanwhile invaded the country of the Persians ...
/.../chapter xxi the emperors invasion of.htm

Sapor King of Persia is Excited against the Christians. Symeon ...
... Chapter IX."Sapor King of Persia is Excited against the Christians. Symeon, Bishop
of Persia, and Usthazanes, a Eunuch, Suffer the Agony of Martyrdom. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter ix sapor king of persia.htm

Monks of Syria and Persia: Battheus, Eusebius, Barges, Halas, Abbo ...
... Chapter XXXIII."Monks of Syria and Persia: Battheus, Eusebius, Barges, Halas, Abbo,
Lazarus, Abdaleus, Zeno, Heliodorus, Eusebius of Carræ, Protogenes, and ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xxxiii monks of syria and.htm

Truce with Persia. Honorius and Stilicho. Transactions in Rome and ...
... Book IX. Chapter IV."Truce with Persia. Honorius and Stilicho. Transactions
in Rome and Dalmatia. Although the Persians had prepared ...
/.../chapter iv truce with persia honorius.htm

Christians Slain by Sapor in Persia.
... Book II. Chapter X."Christians slain by Sapor in Persia. In this manner
the honorable life of Usthazanes was terminated, and when ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter x christians slain by sapor.htm

Life in Persia.
Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia. <. ... LIFE IN PERSIA.
From this time a change comes over Mr. Martyn's varied life. ...
/.../rhea/life of henry martyn missionary to india and persia/life in persia.htm

Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia
Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia. <. ... (A SERIES.). LIFE
OF HENRY MARTYN, MISSIONARY TO INDIA AND PERSIA, 1781 to 1812. ...
/.../rhea/life of henry martyn missionary to india and persia/title page.htm

Thesaurus

Persia (30 Occurrences)
... The Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern
side of the Persian Gulf. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PERSIA. ...
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Media (14 Occurrences)
... Esther 1:3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and
his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the ...
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Realm (23 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ...
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Waked (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion
of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ...
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Intimation (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion
of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ...
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Cambyses
... CAMBYSES. kam-bi'-sez (Aram., cnbnzy; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian,
Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. ...
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Proclamation (31 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ...
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Darius (26 Occurrences)
... (2.) Darius, king of Persia, was the son of Hystaspes, of the royal family of the
Achaemenidae. He did not immediately succeed Cyrus on the throne. ...
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Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)
... At the close of this important period of his public life, he returned to Persia
to the service of his royal master at Shushan or Ecbatana. ...
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Medes (15 Occurrences)
... Though of Persian descent, Cyrus did not, apparently, begin to reign in Persia till
546 BC Henceforth there was no Median empire distinguished from the Persian ...
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Bible Concordance

Persia (30 Occurrences)

2 Chronicles 36:20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
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2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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2 Chronicles 36:23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
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Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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Ezra 1:2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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Ezra 1:8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
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Ezra 3:7 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
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Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
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Ezra 4:5 and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Ezra 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian language.
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Ezra 4:9 then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
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Ezra 4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Ezra 6:14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. the lowest
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Ezra 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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Ezra 9:9 For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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Esther 1:3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
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Esther 1:14 and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
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Esther 1:18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
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Esther 1:19 If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.
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Esther 10:2 All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
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Ezekiel 27:10 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
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Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
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Daniel 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.
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Daniel 6:12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Haven't you signed an decree, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.
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Daniel 6:15 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.
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Daniel 8:20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
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Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
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Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
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Daniel 10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.
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Daniel 11:2 Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
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Subtopics

Iran

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Achmetha or Ecbatana a Chief City of

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Babylon Taken by the King of

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Celebrated for Wise Men

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Divided Into Many Provinces

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Extended from India to Ethiopia

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Illustrated by a Bear

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Illustrated by a Ram With Two Horns

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Illustrated by Silver Part of Image in Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Kings of Called Kings of Assyria

Medo-Persian Kingdom: Kings of Called Kings of Babylon