[Seven_0]

Shushan is another name for Susa....the capital of Persia during the reign of Xerxes....also known as Ahasuerus. Xerxes was the Greek spelling. He was king in Persia about 424 B.C. This would have been 100 years after the return from Babylon spoken of in Ezra and Nehemiah.

It appears that this date is about 100 years different than the calculation of Archbishop Ussher. I have no problem with it, but it cast doubt an the accuracy of Josephus, whom you have used elsewhere to support your position

First of all....you must understand that Jerusalem is in Asia.....

Are you trying to say that the Jews of Jerusalem were the “Jews of Asia” referenced in Acts 21:27? The maps in my bible show Asia is the same area as the seven churches in Revelation1, south of the Black Sea.

Who are you going to believe?

Seven

[Diego1618]

It appears that this date is about 100 years different than the calculation of Archbishop Ussher. I have no problem with it, but it cast doubt an the accuracy of Josephus, whom you have used elsewhere to support your position.

There were two Kings named "Xerxes" and thank you for the correction, as the one I gave you was "Ahasuerus" reigning from 486-465 B.C. The other was called "Artaxerexes Longimanus" and he reigned from 465-424 B.C.

There is some dispute as to which Xerxes is mentioned in the Book of Esther.....but it would still be at least 235 years after the northern tribes were exiled to Assyria and at a minimum....39 years after the return from Babylon of the Jews. If it was the second Xerxes it could have been 100 years after the Jews came back.