Artaxerxes in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the great warrior). 1. The first Artaxerxes is mentioned in Ezr 4:7 and appears identical with Smerdis, the Magian impostor and pretended brother of Cambyses, who usurped the throne B.C. 522, and reigned eight months. 2. In Ne 2:1 we have another Artaxerxes. We may safely identify him with Artaxerxes Macrocheir or Longimanus, the son of Xerxces, who reigned B.C. 464-425.