False Smerdis

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The Archaemid Family Tree, showing the intermarriage of the royal houses to create the Medo-Persian Empire.

Gaumāta (𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫) commonly called False Smerdis in English, was a Median Magi who usurped the throne of Cambyses II while he was returning from the campaign of Egypt: claiming to be Cambyses' younger brother Bardiya (old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹) who was also known to the Greeks as Smerdis (ancient Greek: Σμέρδις). Gaumāta was eventually assassinated after several months by Darius Hystaspas[1]


In the Bible

Some argue that he is referenced in Daniel 11:2 as being in the sequence between Cyrus and Xerxes I.[2]

Again and separately in Ezra 4:5-11[3] under a throne name of Artaxerxes; being distinctly different from the classic Artaxerxes I, son of Xerxes I.

References

  1. ↑ Darius I, Behistan Inscription.
  2. ↑ The New Loud Cry, Understanding Daniel 11:2 - CYRUS, CAMBYSES II, FALSE SMERDIS, DARIUS I & XERXES I, April 2020, https://www.bitchute.com/video/0tMVCzzdoZkO/
  3. ↑ Jones, A.T., Great Empires of Prophecy, footnote
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