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Ahasuerus

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(prince). (1) King of Media, supposedly Cyaxares, whose son Astyages was Darius (Dan. 9:1¹In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; (Daniel 9:1)). (2) A Persian king, supposed to be Cambyses (Ezra 4:6⁶And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. (Ezra 4:6)). (3) Another Persian king, probably Xerxes. History in Esther.

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