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Medo-Persian Kingdom


Extended from India to Ethiopia—Es 1:1

Peopled by descendants of Eliam—Ge 10:22

ILLUSTRATED BY

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

KINGS OF

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