Media
Ancient site, identified with Tell Hagmatana.
Placeregion11 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Tell Hagmatana1,000
Name variants
- Media (79)
- Medes (30)
- Median (1)
References
Topical references
- Israelites distributed among, when carried to Assyria — 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11
- Palace in the Bablonian province of — Ezra 6:2
- An essential part of the Medo-Persian Empire — Esther 1:1; Esther 1:19
- Supremacy of, in the Chaldean Empire — Daniel 5:28; Daniel 5:31; Daniel 9:1; Daniel 11:1
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.