{"query": "Easton: Media", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_7199674e79dd", "title": "Easton: Media", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) “Madai,” Gen. 10:2; (2) “Medes,” 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; (3) “Media,” Esther 1:3; 10:2; Isa. 21:2; Dan. 8:20; (4) “Mede,” only in Dan. 11:1. We"}, {"id": "card_n_953993475f68", "title": "Easton: Ahasuerus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king"}, {"id": "card_c_c23931bbfa47", "title": "Easton: Media references Isaiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Isaiah. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_9e860bc3c73d", "title": "Easton: Media cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 17:6 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_9e8be2bd60dd", "title": "Easton: Media cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 1:3 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_e2db482e6f53", "title": "Easton: Halah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction w"}, {"id": "card_n_2ef422fd8d78", "title": "Easton: Parthians", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9). Parthia lay on the east of Media and south of Hyrcania, which separated it from the Caspian Sea. It corresponded with the western half of the modern "}, {"id": "card_n_ac226270abc9", "title": "Easton: Mede", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes s"}, {"id": "card_n_93894931e302", "title": "Easton: Northward", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. tsaphon), a “hidden” or “dark place,” as opposed to the sunny south (Deut. 3:27). A Hebrew in speaking of the points of the compass was considered as always having his face to the east, and henc"}, {"id": "card_c_c39bd2e6cbf0", "title": "Easton: Media references Assyria", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Assyria (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_512260024281", "title": "Easton: Media references Babylon", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Babylon (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_e8126ddcf762", "title": "Easton: Media references Cyrus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Cyrus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_e359846bfcea", "title": "Easton: Media references Dan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Dan (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_edc548b28650", "title": "Easton: Media references Darius", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Darius (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_82a2eb34e9b9", "title": "Easton: Media references Mede", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Mede (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_9e9defd342c9", "title": "Easton: Media references Nineveh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Nineveh (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_9a326cd5bf18", "title": "Easton: Media references Samaria", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Samaria (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_565c275bb8be", "title": "Easton: Bdellium", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Gen. 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of Havilah; and in Num. 11:7, where the manna is likened to it in colour. It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded f"}, {"id": "card_n_ee84cb33910a", "title": "Easton: Achmetha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media. Here was the palace which was the residence of the old Median monarchs, and of Cyrus and Cambyses. In the time of Ezra,"}, {"id": "card_n_bd79da358d27", "title": "Easton: Exile", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. "}]}