Topic: Persons Of The Bible -- Artaxerxes

The name "Artaxerxes" is a Greek form of the Persian name Artakhshathra meaning "righteous ruler". The name "Artaxerxes" also means "the great warrior".

"Artaxerxes" is the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings.

A person named Artaxerxes was the king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). This Artaxerxes is mentioned in (Ezra 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.

A person named Artaxerxes was the king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh year (B.C. 458) during the reign of Ezra. Artaxerxes led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem. We may safely identify him with Artaxerxes Macrocheir or Longimanus, the son of Xerxces, who reigned B.C. 464-425. He was the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem.

Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries

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