| 11 | | | neighbourhood of | | | | Jerusalem. | | | | =PERSEPOLIS= |2 Macc. ix. 2 |_Chehl-Minar_ |-- |At one time the capital | | | | of Persia proper. Now | | | | called Chehl-Minar. | | | | The ruins are of | | | | great extent and | | | | magnificence, covering | | | | an area of many | | | | acres. _See_ Niebuhr | | | | (_Reis_, ii. 121); | | | | Chardin (_Voyages_, | | | | ii. 245); Ker Porter | | | | (_Travels_, i. 576); | | | | Heeren (_Asiatic | | | | Nations_, i. 143-196); | | | | Rich (_Residence in | | | | Khurdistan_, ii. pp. | | | | 218-222); Fergusson | | | | (_Palaces of Nineveh | | | | and Persepolis | | | | Restored_, pp. | | | | 89-124); etc. | | | | =PERSIA= |2 Chr. xxxvi. | |-- | | 20, 22, 23; | | | | Ezr. i. 1, | | | | 2, 8; iii. | | | | 7; iv. 3, 5, | | | | 7, 24; vi. | | | | 14; vii. 1; | | | | ix. 9; Esth. | | | | i. 3, 14, | | | | 18; x. 2; | | | | Ezek. xxvii. | | | | 10; xxxviii. | | | | 5; Dan. | | | | viii. 20; | | | | x. 1, 13, | | | | 20; xi. 2; 1 | | | | Esdr. iii. | | | | 1, 9, 14; v. | | | | 6; vii. 4; | | | | viii. 80; | | | | Judith i. | | | | 7; Bel i. | | | | 1; 1 Macc. | | | | iii. 31; vi. | | |