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Artaxerxes I of Persia in Wikipedia

(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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Artaxerxes Scripture - Ezra 6:14

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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Artaxerxes Scripture - Nehemiah 5:14

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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Artaxerxes Scripture - Nehemiah 2:1

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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Artaxerxes in Naves Topical Bible

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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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 Xer...

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Artaxerxes in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Artaxerxes in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the silence of light; fervent to spoil...

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Artaxerxes in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Artaxerxes in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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