PERSIA. An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, Esth. 1:1; Dan. 6:1. Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations, Esth. 8:8; Dan. 6:8-12. Municipal governments in, provided with dual governors, Neh. 3:9,12,16-18. The princes advisory in matters of administration, Dan. 6:1-7. Status of women in, queen sat on the throne with the king, Neh. 2:6. Vashti divorced for refusing to appear before the king's courtiers, Esth. 1:10-22; 2:4. Israel captive in, 2 Chr. 36:20; captivity foretold, Hos. 13:16. Men of, in the Tyrian army, Ezek. 27:10. Rulers of: Ahasuerus, Esth. 1:3. Darius, Dan. 5:31; 6; 9:1. Artaxerxes I, Ezra 4:7-24. Artaxerxes II, Ezra 7; Neh. 2; 5:14. Cyrus, 2 Chr. 36:22,23; Ezra 1; 3:7; 4:3; 5:13,14,17; 6:3; Isa. 41:2,3; 44:28; 45:1-4,13; 46:11; 48:14,15. Princes of, Esth. 1:14. System of justice, Ezra 7:25. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 13:17; 21:1-10; Jer. 49:34-39; 51:11-64; Ezek. 32:24,25; 38:5; Dan. 2:31-45; 5:28; 7; 8; 11:1-4. See Babylon; Chaldea.