Darius
(Artashata) (c. 380–330 BC, Persian داریوش Dāriūš, pronounced
[dɔːriˈuːʃ]) was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of
Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC. It was under his rule that the
Persian Empire was conquered during the Wars of Alexander the
Great (for more information on the name, see the entry for
Darius I.)......
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And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through
the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of
Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
Persia....
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And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the
reign of Darius king of Persia....
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The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the
Apharsachites, which [were] on this side the river, sent unto
Darius the king:...
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Darius I was the third king of kings of the Achaemenid
Empire. Darius held the empire at its peak, then including
Egypt, and parts of Greece. The decay and downfall of the
empire commenced with his death and the coronation of his
son, Xerxes I.[1]
Darius ascended the throne by assassinating the alleged
usurper Gaumata with the assistance of si...
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(Dārayavahuš), originally called Ochus and often surnamed
Nothus (from Greek νόθος), was king of the Persian Empire
from 423 BC to 404 BC.
Artaxerxes I, who died on December 25, 424 BC, was followed
by his son Xerxes II. After a month and a half Xerxes II was
murdered by his brother Secydianus or Sogdianus (the form of
the name is uncertain). ...
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A common name of several Medo-Persian kings, from a Persian
root darvesh, "restraint;" Sanskrit, dhari, "firmly
holding."
1. Darius the Mede. (See DANIEL; BABYLON;
BELSHAZZAR; CYRUS.) Daniel 5:31; Daniel 6:1; Daniel 9:1;
Daniel 11:1. This Darius "received the kingdom" (Daniel
5:31) of Babylon as viceroy from Cyrus, according to G.
Rawlinson...
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da-ri'-us: The name of three or four kings mentioned in the
Old Testament. In the original Persian it is spelled
"Darayavaush"; in Babylonian, usually "Dariamush"; in
Susian(?), "Tariyamaush"; in Egyptian "Antaryuash"; on
Aramaic inscriptions, d-r-y-h-w-sh or d-r-y-w-h-w-sh; in
Hebrew, dareyawesh; in Greek, Dareios; in Latin, "Darius."
In mea...
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1. The Mede, king of Persia
Da 5:31; 6; 9:1
-2. King of Persia
Emancipates the Jews
Ezr 5; 6; Hag 1:1,15; Zec 1:1
-3. The Persian
Ne 12:22...
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