Who was Darius II in the Bible?
Darius II Ochus, (died 404 bce, Babylon [now in Iraq]), Achaemenid king (reigned 423–404 bce) of Persia. The son of Artaxerxes I by a Babylonian concubine, he seized the throne from his half brother Secydianus (or Sogdianus), whom he then executed. Was King Darius a good king? Darius was considered an excellent leader and brilliant…