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Persia
34.8065°N, 48.5162°E · Photo: Hadis Faghiri (CC-BY-4.0)
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Persia
In Scripture (27 references)
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 36:20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and h... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be ... 2 Chronicles 36:23 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to m...
Ezra
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accom... Ezra 1:2 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; ... Ezra 1:8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted th... Ezra 3:7 They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to th... Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, said to them... Ezra 4:5 They hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia... Ezra 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Art... Ezra 4:9 then Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and ... Ezra 4:24 Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reig... Ezra 6:14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechar...
and 2 more in Ezra
Esther
Esther 1:3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of P... Esther 1:14 and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seve... Esther 1:18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’... Esther 1:19 “If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws o... Esther 10:2 All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to wh...
Ezekiel
Daniel
Daniel 8:20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belt... Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of t... Daniel 10:20 Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Per... Daniel 11:2 “Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia; and the fourth wil...
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