Ahasuerus
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Ahasuerus is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha. This name (or title) is applied in the Hebrew Scriptures to three rulers. The same name (or title) is also applied uncertainly to a Babylonian official noted in the Book of Tobit.
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In legends
In some versions of the legend of the Wandering Jew, his true name is held to be "Ahasuerus."
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See also
- Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther, painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
- Artaxerxes II
- Wandering Jew
- Xerxes I of Persia
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