Persia H6539
An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one hundred and twenty-seven provinces
Esther 1:1; Daniel 6:1
Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations
Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:12
Municipal governments in, provided with dual governors
Nehemiah 3:9; Nehemiah 3:12; Nehemiah 3:18
The princes advisory in matters of administration
Daniel 6:7
Status of women in:
- Queen sat on the throne with the king
Nehemiah 2:6
- Vashti divorced for refusing to appear before the king's courtiers
Esther 1:22; Esther 2:4
Israel captive in
2 Chronicles 36:20
Captivity foretold
Hosea 13:16
Men of, in the Tyrian army
Ezekiel 27:10
Rulers of:
- Ahasuerus
Esther 1:3
- Darius
Daniel 5:31; Daniel 6; Daniel 9:1
- Artaxerxes I
Ezra 4:24
- Artaxerxes II
Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2; Nehemiah 5:14
- Cyrus
2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 3:7; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:3; Isaiah 41:3; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 48:15
- Princes of
Esther 1:14
System of justice
Ezra 7:25
Prophecies concerning
Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 21:10; Jeremiah 49:39; Jeremiah 51:64; Ezekiel 32:25; Ezekiel 38:5; Daniel 2:45; Daniel 5:28; Daniel 7; Daniel 11:4
Babylon; Chaldea