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Daniel 5:28

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PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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  1. Daniel 6:28Rank 1 from verse 28
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    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  2. Isaiah 13:17Rank 2 from verse 28
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    17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

  3. Daniel 5:31Rank 3 from verse 28
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    31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

  4. Isaiah 21:2Rank 4 from verse 28
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    2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  5. Isaiah 45:1–2Rank 5 from verse 28
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    1THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

    2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

  6. Daniel 8:20Rank 6 from verse 28
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    20The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

  7. Daniel 9:1Rank 7 from verse 28
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    1IN the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

  8. Daniel 8:3–4Rank 8 from verse 28
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    3Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

    4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

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Daniel 5:28

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kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

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5:25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

5:26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

5:27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

5:28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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