Thematic Bible: Medes


Thematic Bible



As for peres -- your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." Verse ConceptsAbasement, Examples Of

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire -- Verse ConceptsRulers

So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsColonizationExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing Cities

The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsExile Of Israel To Assyria

The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.) Verse ConceptsProvincesAfricaA Hundred And SomeTimes Of People

If the king is so inclined, let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, that Vashti may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another who is more deserving than she. Verse ConceptsHuman LawDeposing

A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum: Verse ConceptsArchivesScrollsHistorical Books

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