1In the first year of Darius the son of 9:1 Not the Ahasuerus (Xerxes) of the book of Esther.Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the realm of the 9:1 See note 1:4.Chaldeans—
1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes,9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans9:1 That is, the Babylonians —