Daniel 9:1

Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

youths in whom was no defect, who were good in appearance, showing insight in every branch of wisdom, being thoroughly knowledgeable and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and he said for him to teach them the literature and tongue of the Chaldeans.

So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

“Now I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen and to be a fortress for him.

Daniel’s Prayer of Supplication