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In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Verse 6. Assuerus; otherwise called Cambyses, the son and successor of Cyrus. He is also, in the following verse, named Artaxerxes, by a name common to almost all the kings of Persia, ( Calmet.) after Memnon. Diod. xv. Septuagint “Arthasastha.” Arta signifies “great,” and xerxes, “warriour.” Herod. vi. 98.—After Assuerus, some copies add, “he is Artaxerxes;” and Assuerus is so called in the Septuagint of Sixtus. 3 Ezra 2:16. Menochius.
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