Torrey's Topical Index
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