Bible Concordances

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Medo-Persian Kingdom

• Extended from India to Ethiopia
  Esther 1:1

• Peopled by descendants of Eliam
  Genesis 10:22

• ILLUSTRATED BY
  • Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream
    Daniel 2:32,39
  • A bear
    Daniel 7:5
  • A ram with two horns
    Daniel 8:3,20

• Shushan a chief city of
  Esther 1:2; 8:15

• Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of
  Ezra 6:2

• Divided into many provinces
  Esther 1:1; Daniel 6:1

• Laws of, unalterable
  Daniel 6:12,15

• Ruled by, absolute kings
  Esther 3:8,11; 7:9

• KINGS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
  • Cyrus
    Ezra 1:1
  • Ahasuerus or Cambyses
    Ezra 4:6
  • Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper)
    Ezra 4:7
  • Darius Hystaspes
    Ezra 6:1; Daniel 5:31
  • Xerxes
    Daniel 11:2
  • Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus
    Ezra 6:14; 7:1; Esther 1:1

• KINGS OF
  • Called kings of Assyria
    Ezra 6:22
  • Called kings of Babylon
    Nehemiah 13:6
  • Styled themselves king of kings
    Ezra 7:12
  • Dwelt in royal palaces
    Esther 1:2; 8:14
  • Were exceeding rich
    Esther 1:4; Daniel 12:2
  • Entertained magnificently
    Esther 1:3,5,7
  • Held in their hand a golden sceptre
    Esther 5:2
  • Put to death all who approached them without permission
    Esther 4:11,16

• Celebrated for wise men
  Esther 1:13; Matthew 2:1

• People of, warlike
  Ezekiel 27:10; 38:5

• Peculiar customs in
  Esther 1:8; 2:12,13

• Babylon taken by the king of
  Daniel 5:20,31

• The Jews delivered from captivity by means of
  2 Chronicles 36:20,22,23; Ezra 1:1-4

• PREDICTIONS RESPECTING
  • Extensive conquest
    Daniel 8:4
  • Conquest of Babylon
    Isaiah 21:1,2; Daniel 5:28
  • Deliverance of the Jews
    Isaiah 44:28; 45:1-4
  • Invasion of Greece under Xerxes
    Daniel 11:2
  • Downfall by Alexander
    Daniel 8:6,7; 11:3