New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Medo-Persian Kingdom

• Extended from India to Ethiopia Esther 1:1
• Peopled by descendants of Elam Gen. 10:22
• Illustrated by
  • Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream Dan. 2:32, 39
  • A bear Dan. 7:5
  • A ram with two horns Dan. 8:3, 20
• Shushan a chief city of Esther 1:2, 8:15
• Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of Ezra 6:2
• Divided into many provinces Esther 1:1; Dan. 6:1
• Laws of, unalterable Dan. 6:12, 15
• Ruled by, absolute kings Esther 3:8, 11, 7:9
• Kings of, mentioned in scripture
  • Cyrus Ezra 1:1
  • Ahasuerus or Cambyses Ezra 4:6
  • Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper) Ezra 4:7
  • Darius Hystaspes Ezra 6:1; Dan. 5:31
  • Xerxes Dan. 11:2
  • Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus Ezra 6:14, 7:1; Esther 1:1
• Kings of
  • Called kings of Assyria Ezra 6:22
  • Called kings of Babylon Neh. 13:6
  • Styled themselves king of kings Ezra 7:12
  • Dwelt in royal palaces Esther 1:2, 8:14
  • Were exceeding rich Esther 1:4; Dan. 11:2
  • Entertained magnificently Esther 1:3, 5, 7
  • Held in their hand a golden sceptre Esther 5:2
  • Put to death all who approached them without permission Esther 4:11, 16
• Celebrated for wise men Esther 1:13; Mt. 2:1
• People of, warlike Ezek. 27:10, 38:5
• Peculiar customs in Esther 1:8, 2:12, 13
• Babylon taken by the king of Dan. 5:30, 31
• The Jews delivered from captivity by means of 2 Chr. 36:20, 22, 23; Ezra 1:1-4
• Predictions respecting
  • Extensive conquest Dan. 8:4
  • Conquest of Babylon Isa. 21:1, 2; Dan. 5:28
  • Deliverance of the Jews Isa. 44:28, 45:1-4
  • Invasion of Greece under Xerxes Dan. 11:2
  • Downfall by Alexander Dan. 8:6, 7, 11:3