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     * all the acts.
     # 1Ki 11:41; 22:39|
     * advanced him.  Heb. made him great.
     # 8:15; 9:4; Ps 18:35; Da 2:48|
     * in the book.
     # 2:23; 6:1; 1Ki 14:19|
     * Media.
       Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of
       Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north
       by the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by
       Susiana and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia,
       extending from 30; degrees to 37; degrees N. lat. and 45; degrees
       to 53; degrees E. long.

     * Persia.
       Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being
       bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the
       Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from 27; degrees
       to 33; degrees N. lat. and 50; degrees to 55; degrees E. long.
       But the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the
       Hellespont to the Indus, above 2,800; miles, and from Pontus to
       the shores of Arabia, above 2,000; miles; comprehending a
       multitude of various nations.