Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography The Kings of the Persians
VI- Here beginneth the Sixth Series, which passeth from the Kings of the Medes to the Kings of the Persians. CYRUS the PERSIAN AFTER DARIUS the MEDE, CYRUS the PERSIAN [reigned] thirty-one years; some manuscripts have [thirty]-nine and others [thirty]-three years. This CYRUS having slain DARIUS the MEDE made an end of the kingdom[s] of the CHALDEANS, and the ASSYRIANS, and the MEDES, and set up the kingdom of the PERSIANS. And he made BABYLON the place of his abode (i.e. capital), and he also appointed DANIEL, the upright man, administrator of his kingdom. And DANIEL was full of zeal and...
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