Thematic Bible: Medes
Thematic Bible
Medes » Supremacy of, in the chaldean empire
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
So Darius the Mede received the kingdom; he was about the age of sixty-two.
“Also I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I (Gabriel) arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.
Medes » Israelites distributed among, when carried to assyria
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried [the people of] Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Then the king of Assyria sent Israel into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of [the city of] Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
Medes » An essential part of the medo-persian empire
It was in the days of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) who reigned from India to Ethiopia (Cush) over 127 provinces,
If it pleases the king, let a royal command be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of the Persians and Medes so that it cannot be repealed or modified, that Vashti is no longer to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better and more worthy than she.
Medes » Palace in the bablonian province of
In Ecbatana in the fortress (palace) in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: “Memorandum—