487/486 BC
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Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) · Persia
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) · Persia.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 3437–3458
Reference under review · 466/465 BC
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Look up Xerxes I in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Xerxes I →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Xerxes I →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Xerxes I →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Xerxes I →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
Find Xerxes I →Dated record
Events involving Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) · Persia
Creation year 3437487/486 BC
Xerxes I succeeds Darius I
Persian chronology places Xerxes I after Darius I in 486 BC, or Creation year 3437. Identifying Esther’s Ahasuerus with Xerxes is the working historical view and remains clearly labeled as an identification.
Esther 1:1–3 · KJV
“Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants;”
Persian history · Livius
Livius identifies the Ahasuerus of Esther with Xerxes and places the story at the Persian court in Susa. Esther remains the direct source for the biblical events and regnal years.
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