Esther 1:3
3in the third year of his reign ahe gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,Esther 10:2
2And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, bto which the king advanced him, are they not written in cthe Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?Isaiah 13:17
17 Behold, dI am stirring up the Medes against them,who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
Isaiah 21:2
2A stern vision is told to me;ethe traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O fElam;
lay siege, O gMedia;
all the hsighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
Daniel 5:28-30
28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ithe Medes and jPersians.” ▼29Then lBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel mwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 nThat very night oBelshazzar the pChaldean king was killed.
Daniel 6:8
8Now, O king, establish qthe injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to rthe law of sthe Medes and the Persians, twhich cannot be revoked.”Daniel 8:3-4
3I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, ua ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. 4I saw vthe ram charging westward and northward and southward. No wbeast xcould stand before him, yand there was no one who could rescue from his power. zHe did as he pleased and aabecame great.Daniel 8:20
20As for abthe ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of acMedia and Persia.Daniel 9:1
Daniel’s Prayer for His People
1 adIn the first year of aeDarius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a afMede, who was made king over the realm of the agChaldeans—
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