MEDO-PERSIAN KINGDOM

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