Bible Verses About "Who Was King Artaxerxes in the Bible"
Artaxerxes was the Persian king who authorized Ezra to teach God's law in Jerusalem and Nehemiah to rebuild the city's walls.
Artaxerxes was the Persian king who authorized Ezra to teach God's law in Jerusalem and Nehemiah to rebuild the city's walls.
"Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem." — Ezra 7:27 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Was King Artaxerxes in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem."
"And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me."
"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him."
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