Dict: smith - ARTAXERXES

smith:

ARTAXERXES - A>@ - (the great warrior). The first Artaxerxes is mentioned in kjv@Ezra:4:7) and appears identical with Smerdis, the Magian impostor and pretended brother of Cambyses, who usurped the throne B.C. 522, and reigned eight months. In kjv@Nehemiah:2:1) we have another Artaxerxes. We may safely identify him with Artaxerxes Macrocheir or Longimanus, the son of Xerxces, who reigned B.C. 464-425.