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Ahasuerus
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14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Book of Esther
- Identification of "Ahasuerus" as Xerxes I
- Identification of "Ahasuerus" as Artaxerxes I
- Identification of "Ahasuerus" as Cambyses II
- Identification of "Ahasuerus" as Artaxerxes II
- Book of Ezra
- Book of Daniel
- Book of Tobit
- In legends
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
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Ahasuerus ( ; , commonly Achashverosh; , in the Septuagint; in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers of Ancient Persia and to a Babylonian official (or Median king) first appearing in the Tanakh in the Book of Esther and later in the Book of Tobit. It is a transliteration of either "Xerxes" or "Artaxerxes;" both are names of multiple Achaemenid dynasty Persian kings.