Thematic Bible: Medes


Thematic Bible



PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” Verse ConceptsAbasement, Examples Of

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans: Verse ConceptsRulers

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.

In the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to strengthen and protect him.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsColonizationExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing Cities

The king of Assyria deported the Israelites to Assyria and put them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes, Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsExile Of Israel To Assyria

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. Verse ConceptsProvincesAfricaA Hundred And SomeTimes Of People

“If it meets the king’s approval, he should personally issue a royal decree. Let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media, so that it cannot be revoked: Vashti is not to enter King Ahasuerus’s presence, and her royal position is to be given to another woman who is more worthy than she. Verse ConceptsHuman LawDeposing

But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it: Verse ConceptsArchivesScrollsHistorical Books

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