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King of Persia = king of Assyria (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Achaemenid kings as kings of Assyria/Babylonia
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.03 Identification of the Achaemenid Empire with Assyria
12.02.03.03.01 Achaemenid kings as kings of Assyria/Babylonia
Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Royal titulary
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.03 Kingship as divine institution
01.03.06 Royal titulary

Keywords
Assyria
kings
Persia

Period
Achaemenid Empire

Channel
Old Testament

Text
Exra 6:22:
The Lord had … changed the disposition of [Darius] the king of Assyria towards them.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Ezra 6:22

Simo Parpola

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