Bible verses about Medo-Persian Kingdom
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Extended from India to Ethiopia Esther 1:1 Peopled by descendants of Eliam Genesis 10:22 ILLUSTRATED BY Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream Daniel 2:32,39 A bear Daniel 7:5 A ram with two horns Daniel 8:3,20 Shushan a chief city of Esther 1:2; 8:15 Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of Ezra 6:2 Divided into many provinces Esther 1:1; Daniel 6:1 Laws of, unalterable Daniel 6:12,15 Ruled by, absolute kings Esther 3:8,11; 7:9 KINGS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Cyrus Ezra 1:1 Ahasuerus or Cambyses Ezra 4:6 Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper) Ezra 4:7 Darius Hystaspes Ezra 6:1; Daniel 5:31 Xerxes Daniel 11:2 Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus Ezra 6:14; 7:1; Esther 1:1 KINGS OF Called kings of Assyria Ezra 6:22 Called kings of Babylon Nehemiah 13:6 Styled themselves king of kings Ezra 7:12 Dwelt in royal palaces Esther 1:2; 8:14 Were exceeding rich Esther 1:4; Daniel 12:2 Entertained magnificently Esther 1:3,5,7 Held in their hand a golden sceptre Esther 5:2 Put to death all who approached them without permission Esther 4:11,16 Celebrated for wise men Esther 1:13; Matthew 2:1 People of, warlike Ezekiel 27:10; 38:5 Peculiar customs in Esther 1:8; 2:12,13 Babylon taken by the king of Daniel 5:20,31 The Jews delivered from captivity by means of II Chronicles 36:20,22,23; Ezra 1:1-4 PREDICTIONS RESPECTING Extensive conquest Daniel 8:4 Conquest of Babylon Isaiah 21:1,2; Daniel 5:28 Deliverance of the Jews Isaiah 44:28; 45:1-4 Invasion of Greece under Xerxes Daniel 11:2 Downfall by Alexander Daniel 8:6,7; 11:3