* 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