Darius (king of Persia)
다리오 (바사 왕)
Named at Ezra 4:5 as “Darius king of Persia”. 4:4–5 says that the people of the land hired counselors against the people of Judah to frustrate their purpose “all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia”, and 4:24, “It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.” 5:5 says, “But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it”, and 5:6–10 gives the copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites sent to Darius the king. At 6:1–2 Darius the king makes a decree, the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, is searched, and a scroll is found at Achmetha; 6:6–12 gives the words of a decree, which end at 6:12, “I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.” 6:13–15 says that Tattenai, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree, that the elders of the Jews built and finished the house, and, “This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.”
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- EZR 4:4–5, engwebp
4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
5They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- EZR 4:24, engwebp
24Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- EZR 5:3–5, engwebp
3At the same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, came to them, with Shetharbozenai and their companions, and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this wall?”
4They also asked for the names of the men who were making this building.
5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
- EZR 5:6–10, engwebp
6The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king follows.
7They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.
8Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.
9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
10We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
- EZR 6:1–2, engwebp
1Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
2A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
- EZR 6:6–12, engwebp
6Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.
7Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
8Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.
9That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,
10that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.
11I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.
- EZR 6:13–15, engwebp
13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
14The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- HAG 1:1–2, engwebp
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2“This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for the LORD’s house to be built.’”
- HAG 1:12–15, engwebp
12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the LORD their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the LORD.
13Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says the LORD.
14The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of Armies, their God,
15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
- HAG 2:10–13, engwebp
10In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11“The LORD of Armies says: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’” The priests answered, “No.”
13Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”
- NEH 12:22–26, engwebp
22As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
- ZEC 1:1–6, engwebp
1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
2“The LORD was very displeased with your fathers.
3Therefore tell them, the LORD of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD of Armies.
4Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: The LORD of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says the LORD.
5Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
6But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”
- ZEC 1:7–13, engwebp
7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
8“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
9Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
10The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to go back and forth through the earth.”
11They reported to the LORD’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”
12Then the LORD’s angel replied, “O LORD of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”
13The LORD answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
- ZEC 7:1–3, engwebp
1In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat the LORD’s favor,
3and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
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Unresolved interpretation: Darius of Daniel 5:31 and 6:1–28 and of Ezra 4:5 and 4:24
- Ezra 4:4–5 says, “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building. They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
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- EZR 4:4–5, engwebp
4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
5They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- EZR 4:4–5, engwebp
- Ezra 4:6 says, “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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- EZR 4:6, engwebp
6In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
- EZR 4:6, engwebp
- Ezra 4:24 says, “Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
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- EZR 4:24, engwebp
24Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- EZR 4:24, engwebp
- Nehemiah 12:22 says, “As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.” The Korean Revised Version reads 바사 왕 다리오 때에 (in the time of Darius king of Persia) where WEB reads “in the reign of Darius the Persian”.
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- NEH 12:22–26, engwebp
22As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
- NEH 12:22–26, engwebp
- Daniel 5:30–31 says, “In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.” The Korean Revised Version reads 육십 이세 (sixty-two years old) where WEB reads “about sixty-two years old”.
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- DAN 5:29–31, engwebp
29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
- DAN 5:29–31, engwebp
- Daniel 6:28 says, “So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.”
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- DAN 6:25–28, engwebp
25Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
26“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
27He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- DAN 6:25–28, engwebp
- Daniel 9:1–2 says, “In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— in the first year of his reign”.
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- DAN 9:1–2, engwebp
1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
2in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
- DAN 9:1–2, engwebp
Ezra 4:5 and 4:24 name “Darius king of Persia”, and Nehemiah 12:22 names “Darius the Persian” in WEB and 바사 왕 다리오 (Darius king of Persia) in the Korean Revised Version. Daniel 5:31 says that “Darius the Mede received the kingdom”. Ezra 4:5–6 names Cyrus, Darius and Ahasuerus in that order, and Daniel 6:28 names “the reign of Darius” and “the reign of Cyrus the Persian” in that order. Daniel 9:1 names “the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans”, naming Ahasuerus only as the father of Darius, and neither edition says whether “of the offspring of the Medes” goes with Darius or with Ahasuerus. The text does not say whether the Darius of Ezra and Nehemiah and the Darius of Daniel are one man, or whether the Ahasuerus of Daniel 9:1 is the Ahasuerus of Ezra 4:6. Because both editions call the Darius of Ezra 4:5 and 4:24 king of Persia and the Darius of Daniel 5:31 a Mede, this collection records them in two entries, Darius (king of Persia) and Darius (the Mede), and makes no entry for the Ahasuerus of Daniel 9:1. It relates no reign or year of the one to the other, and decides none of it.
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They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king follows.
They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.
Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.
Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Darius (king of Persia) (person-darius) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/darius Current wording: Named at Ezra 4:5 as “Darius king of Persia”. 4:4–5 says that the people of the land hired counselors against the people of Judah to frustrate their purpose “all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia”, and 4:24, “It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.” 5:5 says, “But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it”, and 5:6–10 gives the copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites sent to Darius the king. At 6:1–2 Darius the king makes a decree, the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, is searched, and a scroll is found at Achmetha; 6:6–12 gives the words of a decree, which end at 6:12, “I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.” 6:13–15 says that Tattenai, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree, that the elders of the Jews built and finished the house, and, “This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.” Cited evidence: EZR 4:4–5, engwebp / EZR 4:24, engwebp / EZR 5:3–5, engwebp / EZR 5:6–10, engwebp / EZR 6:1–2, engwebp / EZR 6:6–12, engwebp / EZR 6:13–15, engwebp / HAG 1:1–2, engwebp (and 6 more of 14) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.