Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Bible References
Thy
Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel 8:3
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: