424/423 BC
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Xerxes II · Persia
life, dates, and events
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Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 3500–3501
Reference under review · 423/422 BC
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Look up Xerxes II 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 II →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Xerxes II →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Xerxes II →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Xerxes II →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Xerxes II · Persia
Creation year 3500424/423 BC
Xerxes II briefly succeeds Artaxerxes I
Livius notes that the detailed account of this very brief succession depends on Ctesias. The compressed reign is shown at readable width on the timeline.
Persian historical chronology · KJV
“Artaxerxes I died late in 424 BC. Xerxes II followed him and ruled only forty-five days in the opening months of 423 BC.”
Persian history · Livius
Livius’s Achaemenid king list and supporting articles provide the historical succession and conventional BC dates. No direct biblical passage records this royal transition.
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