A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.22 § Darius = "lord" 1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) 3) Darius II or Darius III 3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah 3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC)
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dar.ya.vesh · Darius · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Ezra 4:5 · דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁand hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Nehemiah 12:22 · דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁAs for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.Daniel 9:1 · לְדָרְיָ֛וֶשׁIn the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,Daniel 11:1 · לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁ“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.Haggai 1:1 · לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,Haggai 1:15 · לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁin the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.Haggai 2:10 · לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁIn the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,Zechariah 1:1 · לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁIn the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,Zechariah 1:7 · לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁOn the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,Zechariah 7:1 · לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁIt happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.