Every named figure.
Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.
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King of Persia 486–465 BC. The 'Ahasuerus' of Esther; led the second Persian invasion of Greece (480 BC).
King of Persia 465–424 BC; commissioned Ezra (458 BC) and Nehemiah (445 BC) to Jerusalem.
King of Persia 559–530 BC; founder of the Achaemenid empire. Conquered Babylon in 539 BC and decreed the return of the Jewish exiles in 538. Named explicitly by Isaiah ~150 years before his birth (Isa 44:28-45:1).
King of Persia 522–486 BC; reauthorized the rebuilding of the temple, completed in his sixth year (516 BC). Distinct from Darius the Mede.
Son of Hammedatha the Agagite (i.e. of Amalek/Agag); chief minister of Ahasuerus. Plotted to exterminate the Jews; hanged on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.