The name Persia in the Bible Cyrus is celebrated as the emperor who decreed the return of the Jews and the building of the Temple of YHWH in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36:23, Ezra 1:2, 6:3-5). Commentators often interpret this as part of a class-action to restore all religions in the...
1.alsoPersian EmpireA vast empire of southwest Asia founded by Cyrus II after 546bcand brought to the height of its power and glory by Darius I and his son Xerxes. Eventually the empire extended from the Indus River valley in present-day Pakistan to the Mediterranean Sea before Alexander the...
Persia —The history, religion, and civilization of Persia are offshoots from those of Media. Both Medes and Persians are Aryans; the Aryans who settled in the s...
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment...
The number seven has been sacred in Iran since the ancient times, and the seven dishes stand for the seven angelic heralds of life-rebirth, health, happiness, prosperity, joy, patience, and beauty. The symbolic dishes consist of: Sabzeh or sprouts, usually wheat or lentil representing ...
Similarly, they gave food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, so that they would bring cedar wood, from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, in accord with what had been commanded of them by Cyrus, the king of the Persians.New American BibleThen they hired stonecutters and...
Berean Standard Bible Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece. ...
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Yechezkel 27:10 In-Context 8 The inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were thy oarsmen; thy chachamim, O Tzor (Tyre), that were in thee, were thy helmsmen. 9 The elders of Geval and the chachamim thereof were in thee thy caulkers to...
The name "Persia" is not found in the older records of the Bible, but after the Babylonian period it occurs frequently (2Ch 36:20,22; Ezr 4:5 sq.; 6:14 sq.; Es 1:3; Es 8:10; Es 1 Maccabees 1:1), meaning the great Persian kingdom founded by Cyrus. The only passage in ...
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Daniel 10:1 In-Context 1 In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The word was true, and it concerned a great conflict. He understood the word, having received understanding ...