BIBLE DICTIONARY
Artaxerxes

Longimanus. Son of Xerxes and king of Persia, 465-425 B.C.; hinders Jews from building (Ezra 4: 7-23); gives commission to Ezra (Ezra 6: 14; Ezra 7: 1-21; Ezra 8: 1), and to Nehemiah (Neh. 2: 1; Neh. 5: 14; Neh. 13: 6).