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 sixty-two years old.
Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel 8:3
I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans--
Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
Isaiah 21:2
A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
Isaiah 45:1
Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: