Discovery Box| (0.54) | Ezr 4:3 |
| But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right 1 to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.” |
| (0.54) | Ezr 9:9 |
| Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us 1 to restore the temple of our God and to raise 2 up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.54) | Est 1:18 |
| And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger! |
| (0.52) | Dan 11:2 |
| Now I will tell you the truth.“Three 1 more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth 2 king will be unusually rich, 3 more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against 4 the kingdom of Greece. |
| (0.45) | 2Ch 36:23 |
| It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 1 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 2 |
| (0.38) | Ezr 4:9 |
| From 1 Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues – the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, 2 the Elamites), |
| (0.33) | Jer 25:25 |
| all the kings of Zimri; 1 all the kings of Elam; 2 all the kings of Media; 3 |
| (0.28) | Est 1:19 |
| If the king is so inclined, 1 let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, 2 that Vashti 3 may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another 4 who is more deserving than she. 5 |
| (0.27) | Hag 1:1 |
| On the first day of the sixth month 1 of King Darius’ 2 second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai 3 to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: 4 |
| (0.23) | Dan 8:3 |
| I looked up 1 and saw 2 a 3 ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, 4 but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one. |
| (0.22) | Neh 12:22 |
| As for the Levites, 1 in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. |
| (0.22) | Jer 51:1 |
| The Lord says, “I will cause a destructive wind 1 to blow against 2 Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia. 3 |
| (0.22) | Jer 51:20 |
| “Babylon, 1 you are my war club, 2 my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. 3 I used you to destroy kingdoms. |
| (0.22) | Dan 8:2 |
| In this 1 vision I saw myself in Susa 2 the citadel, 3 which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal. 4 |
| (0.22) | Dan 10:14 |
| Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.” |
| (0.22) | Dan 10:21 |
| However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. 1 (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, 2 except Michael your 3 prince. |
| (0.22) | Hag 2:1 |
| On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, 1 the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai: 2 |
| (0.19) | Ezr 6:22 |
| They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion 1 of the king of Assyria 2 toward them, so that he assisted 3 them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel. |
| (0.19) | Isa 11:11 |
| At that time 1 the sovereign master 2 will again lift his hand 3 to reclaim 4 the remnant of his people 5 from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, 6 Cush, 7 Elam, Shinar, 8 Hamath, and the seacoasts. 9 |
| (0.19) | Isa 48:14 |
| All of you, gather together and listen! Who among them 1 announced these things? The Lord’s ally 2 will carry out his desire against Babylon; he will exert his power against the Babylonians. 3 |
