Iranian plateau (Iran) · Old Testament · 25 verses
Persia was the empire centered on the Iranian plateau that succeeded Babylon as the dominant power of the Near East. It stretched from the Aegean to the Indus at its height. The name appears in 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Esther and 2 more in the King James text.
About Persia
Persia was the empire centered on the Iranian plateau that succeeded Babylon as the dominant power of the Near East. It stretched from the Aegean to the Indus at its height.
Its place in the story
Under Cyrus, Persia allowed the Jewish exiles to return and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Persian kings such as Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes figure in Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel. Daniel's visions foretold the rise and passing of the Persian kingdom.
Persia in Scripture (KJV)
“And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:”
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,”
“Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.”
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,”
“Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.”
“They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.”
“But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.”
Persia was the empire centered on the Iranian plateau that succeeded Babylon as the dominant power of the Near East. It stretched from the Aegean to the Indus at its height. The name appears in 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Esther and 2 more in the King James text.
What happened at Persia?
Under Cyrus, Persia allowed the Jewish exiles to return and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Persian kings such as Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes figure in Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel. Daniel's visions foretold the rise and passing of the Persian kingdom.