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< [[Babylonian Kings]] >
< [[Babylonian Kings]] >


*[[:Category:Cyrus (subject)|Cyrus the Great]], 559 - 530 BCE
*[[:Category:Cyrus (subject)|Cyrus the Great]], 559 - 530 BCE
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**Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King [[Sheshbazzar]], and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem.  
**Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King [[Sheshbazzar]], and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem.  
   
   
*[[:Category:Cambyses II (subject)|Cambyses II]], 530 - 522 BCE  
*[[:Category:Cambyses II (subject)|Cambyses II]], 530 - 522 BCE  
**Added Egypt to the Persian Empire in 525 BCE.


*[[:Category:Bardiya (subject)|Bardiya]], 522 BCE  
*[[:Category:Bardiya (subject)|Bardiya]], 522 BCE  


*[[:Category:Darius I (subject)|Darius I]], 522 BCE - 486 BCE
*[[:Category:Darius I (subject)|Darius I]], 522 BCE - 486 BCE
** Consolidate the Persian Empire by dividing it into semi-autonomous provinces.
**Led the first unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Marathon in 490 BCE.
**Granted the construction of the Second Temple under the dual laeadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua.


*[[:Category:Xerses I (subject)|Xerses I]], 486 - 465 BCE
*[[:Category:Xerses I (subject)|Xerses I]], 486 - 465 BCE

Revision as of 04:50, 8 July 2010

Persian Kings reigned from the 6th to the 4th century over Judea.

List of Persian Kings, and years in office

< Babylonian Kings >


  • Cyrus the Great, 559 - 530 BCE
    • Conquered Babylon (and Judah) in 539 BCE.
    • Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King Sheshbazzar, and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem.


  • Cambyses II, 530 - 522 BCE
    • Added Egypt to the Persian Empire in 525 BCE.



  • Darius I, 522 BCE - 486 BCE
    • Consolidate the Persian Empire by dividing it into semi-autonomous provinces.
    • Led the first unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Marathon in 490 BCE.
    • Granted the construction of the Second Temple under the dual laeadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua.


< Alexander the Great>

Persian Kings in ancient sources

Persian Kings in Scholarship

Persian Kings in Fiction

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