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Persia

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Persia in the Bible Dictionary

  1. An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one-hundred and twenty-seven provinces Esth 1:1; Dan 6:1
  2. Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations Esth 8:8; Dan 6:8–12
  3. Municipal governments in, provided with dual governors Neh 3:9, 12, 16–18
  4. The princes were advisors in matters of administration Dan 6:1–7
  5. Status of women in; queen sat on the throne with the king Neh 2:6
  6. Vashti was divorced for refusing to appear before the king’s courtiers Esth 1:10–22; 2:4
  7. Israel captive in 2 Chr 36:20
  8. Captivity foretold Hos 13:16
  9. Men of, in the Tyrian army Ezek 27:10
  10. Rulers of
  11. Ahasuerus Esth 1:3
  12. Darius Dan 5:31; 6; 9:1
  13. Artaxerxes I Ezra 4:7–24
  14. Artaxerxes II Ezra 7; Neh 2; 5:14
  15. Cyrus 2 Chr 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 3:7; 4:3; 5:13, 14, 17; 6:3; Isa 41:2, 3; 44:28; 45:1–4, 13; 46:11; 48:14, 15
  16. Princes of Esth 1:14
  17. System of justice Ezra 7:25
  18. Prophecies concerning Isa 13:17; 21:1–10; Jer 49:34–39; 51:11–64; Ezek 32:24, 25; 38:5; Dan 2:31–45; 5:28; 7; 8; 11:1–4
  19. See Babylon
  20. See Chaldea

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.

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