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Ahasuerus is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers of Ancient Persia and to a Babylonian official first appearing in the Tanakh in the Book of Esther and later in the Book of Tobit. It is derived from either "Xerxes" or "Artaxerxes;" both are names of multiple Achaemenid dynasty Persian kings.

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Ahasuerus

name of one or more kings of Persia in the Hebrew Bible (Esther, Ezra, Daniel), cognate to the Greek form Xerxes or Artaxerxes

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