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People group

Medes

people group

People of Media northeast of Mesopotamia who partnered with the Persians to overthrow Babylon.

16 appearances7 Bible books2 known aliases

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People of , northeast of , to whose cities the deported the northern kingdom of Israel. They later partner with the to overthrow , fulfilling 's and 's oracles, and the unalterable law of the Medes and Persians shapes the plots of and . the Mede figures prominently in Daniel's account of Babylon's fall.

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