Esther 1:3
1:3 in the third
year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army
of Persia and Media
was present,
as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
Esther 10:2
10:2 Now all the actions carried out under his authority and his great achievements, along with an exact statement concerning the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Isaiah 13:17
13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them;
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold.
Isaiah 21:2
21:2 I have received a distressing message:
“The deceiver deceives,
the destroyer destroys.
Attack, you Elamites!
Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning!”
Daniel 5:28-30
5:28 As for
peres – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
5:29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.
5:30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
Daniel 6:8
6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict
so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.
Daniel 8:3-4
8:3 I looked up
and saw
a
ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long,
but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.
8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal
was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power.
It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.
Daniel 8:20
8:20 The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 9:1
Daniel Prays for His People
9:1 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire –