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Detail from the church of Lambrechtshagen, Germany, 1759: Daniel in the lions' den with Darius the Mede above. Darius the Mede is mentioned in the Book of Daniel as King of Babylon between Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great, but he is not known to secular history and there is no space in the historical timeline between those two verified rulers. [1]
The Hebrew Bible (Google on-line books). Cassell. p. 257. ISBN 0-304-33703-X; Colless, Brian (1992). "Cyrus the Persian as Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel" (PDF). Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 56. subscription site: 115 permanent dead link ] Dougherty, Raymond Philip (1929).
Mede and other writers (such as William Guild (1586–1657), Edward Haughton and Nathaniel Stephens (c. 1606–1678)) expected the imminent end of the fourth empire, and a new age. [41] The early modern version of the four monarchies in universal history was subsequently often attributed to the chronologist and astrologer Johann Carion , based ...
Articles related to Darius the Mede, a mythological King of Babylon depicted in the Book of Daniel. Pages in category "Darius the Mede" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Ahasuerus is given as the name of the father of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel. [23] Josephus names Astyages as the father of Darius the Mede, and the description of the latter as uncle and father-in-law of Cyrus by mediaeval Jewish commentators matches that of Cyaxares II, who is said to be the son of Astyages by Xenophon. Thus this ...
The seventy weeks prophecy is internally dated to "the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede" (Daniel 9:1), [34] later referred to in the Book of Daniel as "Darius the Mede" (e.g. Daniel 11:1); [35] however, no such ruler is known to history and the widespread consensus among critical scholars is that he is a literary fiction. [36]
Keke Palmer spoke about her relationship and breakup with Darius Jackson, with whom she shares a son named Leo, in her memoir, "Master of Me." Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson's relationship ...
In Daniel 6, Daniel is raised to high office by his royal master Darius the Mede.Daniel's jealous rivals trick Darius into issuing a decree that for thirty days no prayers should be addressed to any god or man but Darius himself; anyone who disobeys this edict is to be thrown to the lions.