PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." Cross References Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. Isaiah 21:2 A dire vision is declared to me: "The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning." Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: Isaiah 45:2 "I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. Daniel 5:31 and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two. Daniel 6:8 Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed--in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed." Daniel 6:28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Treasury of Scripture PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. PERES. Thy. Daniel 5:31 Daniel 6:28 Daniel 8:3,4,20 |