MEDO-PERSIAN KINGDOM
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Extended from India to Ethiopia
Peopled by descendants of Eliam
Shushan a chief city of
Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of
Divided into many provinces
Laws of, unalterable
Ruled by, absolute kings
Celebrated for wise men
People of, warlike
Peculiar customs in
Babylon taken by the king of
The Jews delivered from captivity by means of
ILLUSTRATED BY
Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream
A bear
A ram with two horns
KINGS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Cyrus
Ahasuerus or Cambyses
Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper)
Darius Hystaspes
Xerxes
Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus
KINGS OF
Called kings of Assyria
Called kings of Babylon
Styled themselves king of kings
Dwelt in royal palaces
Were exceeding rich
Entertained magnificently
Held in their hand a golden sceptre
Put to death all who approached them without permission
PREDICTIONS RESPECTING
Extensive conquest
Conquest of Babylon
Deliverance of the Jews
Invasion of Greece under Xerxes
Downfall by Alexander