2. The Central Plain, between the Za´gros and Leb´a-non mountains, the larger portion a desert.
3. The Western Slope, between Leb´a-non and the Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an Sea.
VI. We arrange the Lands according to the natural divisions, giving locations, and not boundaries, as these changed in every age.
1. On the eastern slope lie:
1.) Ar-me´ni-a (Rev. Ver., "Ar´a-rat"), between Mount Ar´a-rat and the Cas´pi-an Sea (2 Kings 19. 37).
2.) Me´di-a, south of the Cas´pi-an Sea (2 Kings 17. 6; Isa. 21. 2).
3.) Per´sia, south of Me´di-a and north of the Per´sian Gulf (Ezra 1. 1; Dan. 5. 28).
2. In the central plain we find:
(a) Between Mount Za´gros and the river Ti´gris:
4.) As-syr´i-a, on the north (2 Kings 15. 19; 17. 3).