Artaxerxes
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through
the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of
Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the
commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
Persia....
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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even
unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that
is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread
of the governor....
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And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year
of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I
took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not
been [beforetime] sad in his presence....
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(Latin; Greek Ἀρταξέρξης; Persian اردشیر یکم (Ardeshir)
corruption of Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎭𐎧𐎨𐏁𐎨[1] Artaxšacā, "whose
reign is through arta (truth)"; the name has nothing to do
with Xerxes)[2] was king of the Persian Empire from 465 BC to
424 BC. He was the son of Xerxes I of Persia and Amestris,...
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ar-taks-urk'-sez (Artaxerxes): Is the Greek and Latin form
of one, and perhaps of two or three kings of Persia
mentioned in the Old Testament.
(1) All are agreed that the Artaxerxes at whose court Ezra
and Nehemiah were officials is Artaxerxes I, the son of
Xerxes, commonly called Longimanus, who reigned from 465 to
424 BC. This Artaxerxes was...
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1. A Persian king probably identical with AHASUERUS
Prohibits the rebuilding of Jerusalem
Ezr 4:7-24
-2. King of Persia. Decree of, in behalf of the Jews
Ezr 7; Ne 2; 5:14...
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(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 Xer...
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the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The
king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra
4:7). He
was probably the Smerdis of profane history.
(2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh
year (B.C.
458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews
back to
Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus, who reigned...
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From arta, "great," or "honored"; Artaioi, Arii, Sansk.
Arya, being the old name of the Persians, and kshershe, "a
king" = Xerxes = Ahasuerus. (See AHASUERUS.)
Artaxerxes I. (Ezra 4:7) is the Magian usurper, who
impersonated Smerdis, Cyrus' younger son. To him the
adversaries of the Jews wrote, in order to frustrate the
building of the templ...
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the silence of light; fervent to spoil...
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