Category:Persian Kings (subject)

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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.

< Bardiya, 522 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 leadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua.
  • Xerses I, 486 - 465 BCE
    • Led the second unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Salamis.

< Xerses II, 424 BCE; and Sogdianus, 424 - 423 BCE >

  • Darius II, 423-404 BCE
    • Sided with the Spartans against the Athenians.
    • Nehemiah's second mission and beginnings of the Samaritan schism (?)
    • Mentioned in the Elephantine Papyri
  • Artaxerses II, 404 - 358 BCE
    • Lost Egypt but defeated the Spartan-Egyptian invasion of Phoenicia.
    • Ezra's mission (?)
  • Artaxerses III, 358 - 338 BCE
    • In 343 BCE suppressed a rebellion in Cyprus and Sidon, and reconquered Egypt.

< Arses, 338 - 336 BCE >

< Alexander the Great>

Persian Kings in ancient sources

Persian Kings in Scholarship

Persian Kings in Fiction

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