What nationality was king Ahasuerus?

Answer 1

King Ahasuerus was the king of 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia (Esther ch.1). In the Hebrew Bible his name is vocalized as Achashverosh. He is the "Chshiarsh" of the inscriptions, which was pronounced "Charchash" (Xerxes) in Greek.

He ruled from his throne at the fortress of Susa (Ancient Iran; aka Persia). He was a fickle king, at first agreeing to Haman's request to kill all the Jews but later having Haman hung.

Answer 2

Ahasuerus is a name that appears in The Bible in association with at least three different Persian kings.

• Ahasuerus is given as the name of the King of Persia in the Book of Esther.
• Ahasuerus is also given as the name of a King of Persia in the Book of Ezra.
• In some versions of the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, Ahasuerus is given as the name of an associate of Nebuchadnezzar, who together with him, destroyed Nineveh.
• Ahasuerus is given as the name of the father of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel

Answer 3

The book of Esther doesn't explicitly mention the religion of Ahasuerus. He was a pagan.

Answer 4

The first wife of king Ahasuerus , was queen Vashti, but she was exiled and esther became queen.

Answer 5

The book of Esther doesn't mention the religion of Ahashuerus.