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 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