Ezr 6:14, 7:11-12, 8:1, Neh 2:1 | ESV | STEP | And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo . They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia ;

Ezra 6:14

14 ^aAnd the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and ^bby decree of Cyrus and ^cDarius and ^dArtaxerxes king of Persia;

Ezra 7:11-12

11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel: 12 “Artaxerxes, ^eking of kings, to Ezra the priest, the ^fscribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace. ^{▼▼Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)} ^hAnd now

Ezra 8:1

Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra

1 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

Nehemiah 2:1

Nehemiah Sent to Judah

1 In the month of Nisan, ⁱin the twentieth year of King ^jArtaxerxes, when wine was before him, ^kI took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.