דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ

Detailed Definition

• 1darius 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)
• 2darius ii, nothus (ochus) was king of persia during the time of nehemiah (424/3405/4 bc). darius ii is the most probable because he is mentioned by nehemiah and ruled during the time of nehemiah
• 3darius iii, codomannus was king of persia during its last years at the time of alexander the great and was his opponent (336330 bc)
• 4darius, the son of hystaspes, the founder of the perso-arian dynasty (521 bc)
• 5darius ii or darius iii