Bible Dictionary
Ecbatana
Ecbatana was an ancient city associated with Media and is mentioned in the margin of Ezra 6:2 as the location sought for the record concerning the Jews’ temple restoration. It is also frequently mentioned in the Apocrypha.
Definition
Ecbatana was an ancient city associated with Media. It is mentioned in the margin of Ezra 6:2 as the place where the record concerning the Jews’ temple restoration was sought. The name also occurs frequently in the Apocrypha.
Biblical Usage
Ecbatana is connected in the biblical margin with the search for the royal record concerning the temple. It is not otherwise developed in the cited biblical text.
Historical Background
The sources distinguish two ancient cities called Ecbatana: one in northern Media and another in Media Magna. The former has been associated with the ruins at Takht-i-Suleiman.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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 (ISBE)
<p>ek-bat'-a-na</p><p>(Ezr 6:2 margin).</p><p>See ACHMETHA.</p>