for] Or, because.
and turned] Or, seeing he had turned.
of the king of Assyria] Meaning Darius, either because the Assyrians were subject to him, as well as the Persians: or, because he kept his court there at that time, having left Persia to be governourned by his son. The king of Babylon is called king of Assyria, 2 Chronicles 33:11.