Bible Person
Meaning: he that informs himself · Male · 1 cross reference
This Darius entry refers to the Persian ruler named in Nehemiah 12, not to the Darius figures more prominent in Ezra and Daniel. He belongs to the imperial backdrop of the post-exilic priestly record. First appears in Neh 12:22.1
AI summary: This Darius matters because his single cross reference situates the succession of priestly and Levitical heads within a wider Persian political timeframe. Even a brief royal marker helps place the restored community inside larger imperial history. Taken together, the material presents this Darius as a chronological ruler-reference in the post-exilic setting.1
Central Figure
Darius
Meaning: he that informs himself
Darius the Persian (Neh.
Darius the Persian (Neh. 12:22) was probably the Darius II. (Ochus or Nothus) of profane history, the son of Artaxerxes Longimanus, who was the son and successor of Ahasuerus (Xerxes). There are some, however, who think that the king here meant was Darius III. (Codomannus), the antagonist of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336-331). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.