The “old Persian kings” usually refers to the rulers of the Achaemenid Empire, the great empire that appears in the Bible during the time of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel.
- Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC)
- Conquered Babylon
- Allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1)
- Cambyses II (530–522 BC)
- Son of Cyrus
- Conquered Egypt
- Bardiya (522 BC)
- Ruled only briefly
- Darius I (522–486 BC)
- Finished organizing the empire
- Supported rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 6)
- Xerxes I (486–465 BC)
- Usually identified as King Ahasuerus in Esther
- Husband of Esther
- Artaxerxes I (465–424 BC)
- Sent Ezra and later Nehemiah back to Jerusalem (Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2)
- Xerxes II (424 BC)
- Sogdianus (424–423 BC)
- Darius II (423–404 BC)
- Artaxerxes II (404–358 BC)
- Artaxerxes III (358–338 BC)
- Artaxerxes IV (338–336 BC)
- Darius III (336–330 BC)
- Defeated by Alexander the Great, ending the Persian Empire
A simple Bible timeline is:
- Cyrus → Ezra 1
- Darius I → Ezra 6
- Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) → Esther
- Artaxerxes I → Ezra 7 and Nehemiah 2
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