Medo-Persian Kingdom

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• Ezra 6:22 OT

  and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God, the God of Israel’s house.

• Nehemiah 13:6 OT

  But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,

• Ezra 7:12 OT

  Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now

• Esther 8:14 OT

  So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

• Esther 1:4 OT

  He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.

• Daniel 12:2 OT

  Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

• Esther 1:3 OT

  in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

• Esther 1:5 OT

  When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Susa the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

• Esther 1:7 OT

  They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

• Esther 5:2 OT

  When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.

• Esther 4:11 OT

  “All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to…

• Esther 4:16 OT

  “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I…

• Esther 1:13 OT

  Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

• Matthew 2:1 NT

  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

• Ezekiel 27:10 OT

  “ ‘ “Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you. They showed your beauty.

• Ezekiel 38:5 OT

  Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

• Esther 1:8 OT

  In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

• Esther 2:12 OT

  Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with…

• Esther 2:13 OT

  The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.

• Daniel 5:20 OT

  But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.

• 2 Chronicles 36:20 OT

  He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,

• 2 Chronicles 36:22 OT

  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it…

• 2 Chronicles 36:23 OT

  “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his…

• Ezra 1:1-4 OT

  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also…