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Artaxerxes I
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known as Longimanus (‘long-handed’)
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[ah(r)tazerkseez]
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| King of Persia (464–425 BC), the second son of Xerxes I. In a long and peaceful reign, he sanctioned the Jewish religion in Jerusalem, and appointed Nehemiah as governor of Judea in 445. |
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