Medes

“In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.”

“The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.”

“And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:”

“This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.”

“So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.”

“PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.””

“and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.”

“In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—”