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Historians know little about Darius II's reign. A rebellion by the [[Medes]] in 409 BC is mentioned by [[Xenophon]]. It does seem that Darius II was quite dependent on his wife [[Parysatis]]. In excerpts from [[Ctesias]] some [[harem]] intrigues are recorded, in which he played a disreputable part.<ref name="EB1911"/> The [[Johanan (High Priest)#Archaeology|Elephantine papyri]] mention Darius II as a contemporary of the [[Johanan (High Priest)|high priest Johanan]] of [[Ezra#Timeline|Ezra]] 6:10.<ref>Pritchard, James B. ed., ''Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, Princeton University Press, third edition with supplement 1969'', p. 492</ref><ref>Bezalel Porten (Author), J. J. Farber (Author), C. J. F. Martin (Author), G. Vittmann (Author), The Elephantine Papyri in English (Documenta Et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, book 22), Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands, 1996, p 125-153.</ref> Darius II is mentioned in the books of [[Book of Haggai|Haggai]], [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]], and [[Ezra–Nehemiah]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]] (the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Old Testament]]). There is some debate on whether these books refer to Darius the Great though.