Daniel 5:28
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28 peres:[a] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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- 5.28 The singular of Parsin
Daniel 6:28
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28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.(A)
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Isaiah 13:17
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17 See, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.(A)
Daniel 5:31
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31 [a]And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.(A)
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- 5.31 6.1 in Aram
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.(A)
Daniel 9:1
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Daniel’s Prayer for the People
9 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans,(A)
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Isaiah 45:1-2
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Cyrus, God’s Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him—
and the gates shall not be closed:(A)
2 I will go before you
and level the mountains;[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron;(B)
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- 45.2 Q ms Gk: MT the swellings
Daniel 8:20
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20 As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.
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Daniel 8:3-4
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3 I looked up and saw a ram standing beside the gate.[a] It had two horns. Both horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up second.(A) 4 I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward. All beasts were powerless to withstand it, and no one could rescue from its power; it did as it pleased and became strong.(B)
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- 8.3 Or river
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