Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
The nobles
Bible References
He made
Esther 2:18
And the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants - which feast was because of Esther - and let the lands be in quietness, and gave royal gifts.
Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
1 Kings 3:15
When Solomon awoke, this was his dream. And he came to Jerusalem and presented himself before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,
Mark 6:21
But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
Of persia
Esther 1:14
and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of the Persians and Medes, which saw the king's face, and sat above in the kingdom.
Ezra 1:2
"Thus sayeth Cyrus the king of Persia: 'The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the land and hath commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.
Isaiah 21:2
Whoso may deceive, said the voice, let him deceive: Who so may destroy, let him destroy. Up Elam, besiege it O Media, for I will still all their groanings.
Jeremiah 51:11
Make sharp the arrows, and fill the quivers: for the LORD shall raise up the spirit of the king of the Medes, which hath already a desire to destroy Babylon. This shall be the vengeance of the LORD's, and the vengeance of his temple.
Daniel 5:28
Phares, thy kingdom is dealt in parts, and given to the Medes and Persians."
Daniel 8:20
The ram which thou sawest with the two horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians:
The nobles
Daniel 3:2
and sent out to gather together the dukes, lords and nobles, the judges and officers, the deputies and sheriffs, with all the rulers of the land: that they might come to the dedication of the Image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 6:1
It pleased Darius to set over his kingdom a hundred and twenty lords, which should be in all his kingdom about.