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- The king of this name mentioned in Ezra 7:1-28, is most probably Artaxerxes Longimanus, the son and successor of Xerxes, who ascended the throne B. C. 425, after a mild reign of thirty-nine years. In the seventh year of his reign, Ezra led a second company of the Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem.
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This means that the Artaxerxes in whose reign Nehemiah lived must have been Artaxerxes I (464-424 b.c.), since obviously Sanballat was then in the prime of life. It would be impossible to identify the reigning king with Artaxerxes II or III.
Feb 23, 2024 · Artaxerxes played a crucial role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. His reign introduced religious reforms that influenced the development of the Second Temple and Hebrew Bible. Esther, a central biblical character, became queen of Persia during Artaxerxes’ reign.
Jan 22, 2024 · At first glance, Ezra 1-7 seems to go through each Achaemenid monarch in order (excluding Cambyses II). However, the idea that the Artaxerxes in Ezra 7 is Artaxerxes II seems to be the significant minority, and a footnote in my print Bible claims that it is indeed Artaxerxes I.
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In Ezra 7:7, reference is made to Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem in "the seventh year of King Artaxerxes" (= 458 BCE), as depicted earlier in the chapter: That this should be Artaxerxes I "Makrocheir" ("Long Hand") is "clear" from the sequence in Ezra 4:1-7 which moves from Xerxes (= Ahashuerus)to Artaxerxes. The book of Nehemiah is closely related to...
Van Hoonacker's suggestion to reverse the order of the two missions (of Ezra and Nehemiah) found some supporters, and the view persists in some quarters. (See Yamauchi's survey in the "Further reading", below, for examples.) The simple advantage it had was of making sense of the state of Jerusalem on Nehemiah's arrival, and accounting for the appar...
It is safe to say that van Hoonacker's view, while it does not lack support, is most definitely a minority view today. According to H.G.M. Williamson,1 In his commentary (see "Further Reading", below), he lists the main reasons for opting for the 458 date associated with the reign of Artaxerxes I (beyond the simple fact that this is the most natura...
Caveat lector! The issues and arguments are complex, and rely on careful evaluation of the intersection of the inter-relationship of biblical texts, theories of composition, extra-biblical evidence, and wider cultural context in Yehud ("Judah") in the Persian period. While the consensus view on 458 seems sound, understanding whythis might be the ca...
Artaxerxes. Great king, the name or title of several kings of Persia. 1. It is given in Ezra 4:7-24, to Smerdis the Magian, who usurped the throne after the death of Cambyses, B. C. 522, pretending to be Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, whom Cambyses had put to death. His usurped power was used, at the rebuilding of the temple.
Quick Reference Dictionary. Artaxerxes. Easton's Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes [N] [H] [S] the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple ( Ezra 4:7 ). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history.
Mar 6, 2020 · Artaxerxes II (r. 404-358 BCE, also known as Artaxerxes II Mnemon) was the 10th monarch of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE). He was the son of Darius II (r. 424-404 BCE) and Parysatis (who was Darius II's half-sister) and older brother of Cyrus the Younger (d. 401 BCE).
