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     * A.M. 3482.  B.C. 522.  Artaxerxes.
       This Artaxerxes was one of the Magi, who usurped the throne
       after the death of Cambyses, for seven months, feigning
       himself to be Smerdis, brother of Cambyses:  he is called
       Oropoestus by Justin, Smerdis by Herodotus, Mardus by
       AEschylus, and Sphendatates by Ctesias.

     * Bishlam.  or, in peace.  companions.  Heb. societies.
     # 9,17; 5:6|
     * the Syrian tongue.
       That is, probably, both the language and character were Syrian
       or Chaldaic; and therefore, from the 8th verse of this
       chapter, to ch. 7:27, the original is not Hebrew, but Chaldee,
       in those parts which consist of letters, decrees, etc.,
       originally written in that language.

     # 2Ki 18:26; Isa 36:11; Da 2:4|