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2 Chronicles 36:23 - 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.
List of the Kings of Persia from 550 BC to 330 BC | |
Persian Kings | Period of Reign (Approx) |
Cyrus II "the Great" | 550-529 BC |
Cambyses II | 529-522 BC |
Darius I | 522-486 BC |
Xerxes I | 486-465 BC |
Artaxerxes I | 465-425 BC |
Xerxes II | 425-424 BC |
Darius II | 423-404 BC |
Artaxerxes II | 404-359 BC |
Artaxerxes III | 359-338 BC |
Arses | 338-336 BC |
Darius III | 336-330 BC |
This chart reveals the Kings of the Persian Empire (Achaemenid). The Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great who conquered Babylon in 536 BC. The Persian Empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire and it was Cyrus, who issued the famous decree for the Jews to return to their homeland to rebuild their Temple. Under Darius the second Temple of Zerubbabel was completed; and under Xerxes, or Ahasuerus, the events recorded in the Book of Esther in the Bible happened; under Artaxerxes the Jewish state was reformed by Ezra, and the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt by Nehemiah. The capital of the Persian Empire was Shushan. The Empire lasted a little more than 200 years, and came to an end in 330 BC.
Ezra 1:1 - 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
Map of the Persian Empire from Cyrus to Darius.
Also See: Map of the Persian Empire
Scriptures related to Persia
Ezra 4:7 -
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of
their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia;
and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian tongue, and
interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Ezra 4:3 -
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.
Ezra 9:9 -
For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath
extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the
desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra 6:14 -
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying
of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and
finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according
to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
2 Chronicles 36:23 -
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.
Daniel 10:1 -
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a
thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the
thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Ezra 1:2 -
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.
Esther 1:3 -
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his
servants; the power of Persiaand
Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
Ezra 3:7 -
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.
Ezra 4:24 -
Then ceased the work of the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. So it ceased
unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Daniel 10:20 -
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to
fight with the prince of Persia:
and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
Esther 10:2 -
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 andPersia?
Daniel 11:2 -
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings
in Persia;
and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through
his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Esther 1:14 -
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;)
Esther 1:18 -
[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.
Ezra 1:8 -
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring
forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
2 Chronicles 36:20 -
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:
Ezra 7:1 -
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,
Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Ezekiel 27:10 -
They of Persia and
of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield
and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Daniel 8:20 -
The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
Ezekiel 38:5 - Persia,
Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezra 1:1 -
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,
2 Chronicles 36:22 -
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,
Ezra 4:5 -
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of
Cyrus king of Persia,
even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Daniel 10:13 -
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood
me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help
me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
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