Ahasne'rus is the name, or rather, perhaps, the title, by which several kings of Media and Persia are mentioned in Scripture. The best known of these is Esther's husband (see ESTHER), who is probably the same as the Persian king Xerxes (q.v.); the Hebrew form of his name being Achashverosh. Ahasuerus is also, according to the tradition, the name of the WANDERING JEW.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 107
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