Ezr 6:14-15, Zec 4:9, 6:13-15 | TSK | STEP | And the elders. through. finished it. according. commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus. Artaxerxes.This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.

‏ Ezra 6:14-15

And the elders.

3:8; 4:3

through.

5:1,2; Hag 1:12-14; 2:2-15; Zec 2:1-4:14; 6:1-15

finished it.

Zec 4:9

according.

Isa 44:28; Hag 1:8

commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.

13; 1:1-4; 4:24; 5:13

Artaxerxes.This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.

7:1

A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. Adar.

Es 3:7,13; 8:12; 9:1,15,17,19,21