This document is about Ahasuerus (Cambyses). For other homonyms, please refer to the document Ahasuerus.
During the return from Babylonian captivity, the Jewish people who returned in the first wave began the temple construction under the leadership of Joshua (son of Jehozadak) and Governor Zerubbabel. At that time, the surrounding foreign peoples continuously hindered this. He was the king who ascended the throne in the midst of this.
Ezra 4:3But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of families in Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”Ezra 4:4Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.Ezra 4:5They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Ezra 4:6At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.