Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:7)
The name Artaxerxes means “the silence of light; fervent to spoil.” Artaxerxes is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Ezra 4:7.
Who was Artaxerxes?
The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Artaxerxes
- Ezra 4:7
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
- Ezra 4:8
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
- Ezra 4:11
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.