Treasury of Scripture
another kingdom. The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C.
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Daniel 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Daniel 5:28-31 PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians...
Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side...
Daniel 8:3,4,20 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high...
Daniel 11:2 And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia...
Isaiah 44:28 That said of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built...
Isaiah 45:1-5 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him...
another third. The empire of the Macedonians, or brazen coated Greeks, aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela B.C.
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Daniel 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Daniel 7:6,7,23 After this I beheld, and see another, like a leopard, which had on the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads...
Daniel 8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground...
Daniel 10:20 Then said he, Know you why I come to you? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, see...
Daniel 11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
Zechariah 6:3,6 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot spotted and bay horses...