Opposition to Rebuilding the City

At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus,[a](A) the people who were already in the land[b](B) wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:6 = Xerxes; he reigned 486–465 b.c.
  2. Ezra 4:6 Lit people of the land

Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes,[a](A) they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:6 Hebrew Ahasuerus

Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius,(A) the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

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Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom—

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean