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    Persia

    פָּרַס

    Persia was the empire that conquered Babylon and allowed the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.

    Where the story of Persia happensWhere the gazetteer locates Persia, framed to them: Persia. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Persia
    Where the gazetteer locates Persia
    verses
    33
    first named
    2 Chronicles 36:20
    last named
    Daniel 11:2
    feature
    region

    Description

    Persia in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Persia, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was a major world power that ruled over a vast territory from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC. In the Bible, Persia is mentioned in the context of the Jewish exile and the subsequent return to Jerusalem. The Babylonian Empire, which had destroyed Jerusalem and taken the Jews into captivity, fell to the Persians under Cyrus the Great (2Chr. 36:20, 22-23; Ezra 1:1-2). Cyrus issued a decree allowing the exiled Jews to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:1-4). The Persian kings Darius I and Artaxerxes I also played significant roles in supporting the rebuilding efforts (Ezra 4:24; 6:14).

    The book of Esther is set in the Persian capital of Susa during the reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), and it describes how Esther, a Jewish woman, became queen and saved her people from a plot to destroy them (Esther 1:3, 14, 18; 10:2). The prophets Ezekiel and Daniel also mention Persia in their visions and prophecies (Ezek. 27:10; 38:5; Dan. 8:20; 10:1, 13, 20; 11:2). Persia is portrayed as a powerful empire that God used to fulfill His purposes for His people, even though the Persians themselves were not followers of the God of Israel.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 33, across 6 books. The name is written 37 times in them.

    1. 2 Chronicles3 verses

      36:2036:2236:23

    2. Ezra12 verses

      1:11:21:83:74:34:54:74:94:246:147:19:9

    3. Nehemiah1 verse

      12:22

    4. Esther5 verses

      1:31:141:181:1910:2

    5. Ezekiel2 verses

      27:1038:5

    6. Daniel10 verses

      5:286:86:126:156:288:2010:110:1310:2011:2

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyAccompanimentAccompaniment is a concept gathering 8 labelled instances in the text.via Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyBeth-togarmahRegion or people group trading with Tyre, allied with Gog.via Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyCushAncient region in Africa; associated with Egypt and Babylonvia Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyGomerSon of Japheth; father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.via Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyLibyaA country in North Africavia Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyMany NationsMany Nations is a group attested across 6 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Persia, Cush, and Libya’s accompaniment of ArmyShieldShield is a concept gathering 29 labelled instances in the text.

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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