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King of Persia = king of Babylon (3)

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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
Babylonia
kings
Persia

Period
Achaemenid Empire

Channel
Old Testament

Text
Ezra 4:14-15:
We have sent to inform Your Majesty [Xerxes], in order that search be made in the annals of your predecessors [i.e., Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, cf. Ezra 2:1]. You will discover … that this [Jerusalem] has been a rebellious city, harmful to the monarchy and its provinces.

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Ezra 4:14-15

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cf. Ezra 2:1
Cf. King of Persia = king of Babylon (1)
Cf. King of Persia = king of Babylon (2)

Simo Parpola

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