Northwestern Iran · Old Testament · 20 verses
Media was the land of the Medes in the mountainous northwest of modern Iran. It joined with Persia to form the Medo-Persian Empire. The name appears in 2 Kings, Ezra, Esther and 4 more in the King James text.
About Media
Media was the land of the Medes in the mountainous northwest of modern Iran. It joined with Persia to form the Medo-Persian Empire.
Its place in the story
The Medes helped overthrow Babylon, and Darius the Mede appears in the book of Daniel. The law of the Medes and Persians is cited as unchangeable in Daniel and Esther. Daniel's visions depicted the joined kingdom of the Medes and Persians.
Media in Scripture (KJV)
“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”
“And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:”
“In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:”
“And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)”
“Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.”
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.”
“And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?”
Media was the land of the Medes in the mountainous northwest of modern Iran. It joined with Persia to form the Medo-Persian Empire. The name appears in 2 Kings, Ezra, Esther and 4 more in the King James text.
What happened at Media?
The Medes helped overthrow Babylon, and Darius the Mede appears in the book of Daniel. The law of the Medes and Persians is cited as unchangeable in Daniel and Esther. Daniel's visions depicted the joined kingdom of the Medes and Persians.