Atlas Biblica

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    Artaxerxes

    אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא

    Artaxerxes was the Persian king who allowed Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1,11-12,21; Neh.2.1; 5:14).

    verses
    14
    first named
    Ezra 4:7
    last named
    Nehemiah 13:6
    period
    Exile and Return
    tribe
    Persia

    Description

    Who was Artaxerxes?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Artaxerxes was a Persian king who ruled during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. In the seventh year of his reign, he authorized Ezra the priest and scribe to lead a group of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem. Artaxerxes gave Ezra a letter granting him authority to teach the law, appoint magistrates and judges, and requisition supplies from the provincial treasuries. In Artaxerxes' twentieth year, his cupbearer Nehemiah learned that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down and asked the king for permission to return and rebuild them. Artaxerxes sent Nehemiah to Judah as governor, with letters authorizing him to obtain timber for the walls. He is probably to be identified with Artaxerxes I Longimanus, who ruled the Persian Empire from 465 to 424 BC.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Artaxerxes10 of 23 entities the graph connects to Artaxerxes, in 2 groups: kinship 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AhasuerusChild of · 30 versesKinshipIsrael2 events · 2,578 versesJudah3 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem6 events · 888 versesLevi1 event · 329 versesBabylon2 events · 268 versesPriest1 event · 202 versesWine1 event · 92 versesSilver1 event · 80 versesJudea1 event · 53 versesEventsArtaxerxes

    The 10 best-attested of 23 are drawn. All 23 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 11 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Artaxerxes happensAll 3 places the claims about Artaxerxes reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem, Persia, Babylon. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Artaxerxes there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.JerusalemPersiaBabylon
    Exile and ReturnAll 3 places the claims about Artaxerxes reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 14, across 2 books. The name is written 15 times in them.

    1. Ezra11 verses

      4:74:84:114:236:147:17:77:117:127:218:1

    2. Nehemiah3 verses

      2:15:1413:6

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Artaxerxes’ granting and Ezra’s coming up, and 1 moreEzraPriest; scribe; led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem.via Artaxerxes’ granting and Ezra’s coming up, and 1 moreJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Ezra’s coming up and Artaxerxes, Counselors, Leaders, and Israel’s offering of ContributionIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Governor And Elders Of The Jews and Elders Of The Jews’ building of House Of God and AhasuerusDariusPersian king who decreed the rebuilding of the Templevia Narrator and Artaxerxes’ tellingTellingTelling is a concept gathering 189 labelled instances in the text.via Ahasuerus and VashtiSeven Eunuchs’ ordering of VashtiSeven Eunuchs’ ordering of Vashti is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Ahasuerus and VashtiVashti’s wronging of Ahasuerus, Princes, and PeoplesVashti’s wronging of Ahasuerus, Princes, and Peoples is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Narrator and Artaxerxes’ sending of NarratorJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Artaxerxes, Counselors, Leaders, and Israel’s offering of ContributionOfferingOffering is a concept gathering 125 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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