DSS Persian Kings Flashcards

Y= Year D= Did

1
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Cyrus (Y)

A

550-530 BCE

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Cyrus (D)

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  • Babylonian captives back to Jerusalem
  • Governor Zerubabel, High Priest Joshua, Haggai & Zechariah
  • 2nd Temple 516 BCE
  • Ezekiel & Second Isaiah
  • Called Messiah
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3
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Cambyses (Y/D)

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530-522 BCE

Cyrus’s son

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4
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Darius (Y)

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522-486 BCE

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5
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Darius (D)

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  • General of Cyrus

- Behistun Inscription: autobiography in Old Persian, Elamite, & Babylonian (helped decipher cuneiform)

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6
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Xerxes I (Y/D)

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486-464 BCE

-Esther written during his reign

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Artaxerxes (Y/D)

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464-424

-Ezra & Nehemiah

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