Ecbatana in Biblical History

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What is Ecbatana?
ECBAT'ANA
Ezr 6:2, margin. The name of two cities. 1. The capital of northern Media, now known as the ruins Takht-i-Suleiman, about 75 miles south-west of the Caspian Sea. 2. The larger city was the metropolis of lower Media, now called Hamadan, one of the most important cities of Persia, having from 30,000 to 40,000 inhabitants. Both cities are referred to in the Apocryphal books.

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