דָּרְיָוֶשׁ

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.22

§ Darius = "lord"

1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC)

2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC)

3) Darius II or Darius III

3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC)…