Ar·ta·xer·xes /ˌɑrtə(g)ˈzɚ/
Artaxerxes
n 1: king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made
peace with Sparta (?-359 BC) [syn: Artaxerxes II]
2: king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in
Jerusalem (?-424 BC) [syn: Artaxerxes I]
Artaxerxes
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 for forty years
(B.C. 464-425); the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years
later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem.
Artaxerxes, the silence of light; fervent to spoil