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Ecbatana

1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.

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Ezra 6:2Easton · Smith · ISBE
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references

(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references

Ezra 6:2 margin. In the apocryphal books Ecbatana is frequently mentioned. Two cities named Ecbatana seem to have existed in ancient times, one the capital of northern Media --the Media Atropatene of Strabo --the other the metropolis of the larger and more important province known as Media Magna. The site of the former appears to be marked by the very curious ruins at Takht-i-Suleiman.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references

ek-bat'-a-na

(Ezr 6:2 margin).

See ACHMETHA.

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

Ecbatana

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