Discovery Box| (1.00) | Dan 6:28 |
| So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and 1 the reign of Cyrus the Persian. |
| (0.83) | Dan 5:28 |
| As for peres 1 – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.” |
| (0.67) | Dan 6:8 |
| Now let the king issue a written interdict 1 so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. 2 |
| (0.67) | Dan 6:15 |
| Then those men came by collusion to the king and 1 said to him, 2 “Recall, 3 O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.” |
| (0.64) | 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. |
| (0.43) | 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inclined, 1 let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, 2 that Vashti 3 may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another 4 who is more deserving than she. 5 |
| (0.42) | Dan 6:12 |
| So they approached the king and said to him, 1 “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, 2 according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.” |
| (0.40) | 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), |
| (0.25) | Ezr 4:8 |
| Rehum the commander 1 and Shimshai the scribe 2 wrote a letter concerning 3 Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows: |
| (0.25) | Neh 1:1 |
| 1 These are the words of Nehemiah 2 son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, 3 I was in Susa 4 the citadel. |
| (0.25) | Neh 11:23 |
| For they were under royal orders 1 which determined their activity day by day. 2 |
| (0.25) | Est 1:2 |
| In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa 1 the citadel, 2 |
| (0.25) | Dan 8:20 |
| The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia. |
| (0.25) | 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! |
| (0.20) | 2Ch 36:20 |
| He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power. |
| (0.20) | Ezr 4:17 |
| The king sent the following response: “To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings! 1 |
| (0.20) | Ezr 5:6 |
| This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius. |
| (0.20) | Ezr 6:6 |
| “Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates – all of you stay far away from there! |
| (0.20) | Neh 5:4 |
| Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king 1 on our fields and our vineyards. |
| (0.20) | Neh 13:6 |
| During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king, |
