Artaxerxes
아닥사스다
Named at Ezra 4:7: “In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia”. 4:8–10 tells of the letter that Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king; 4:11–16 gives the copy of a letter to King Artaxerxes, and these verses do not name its senders; 4:17–22 gives the answer the king sent to Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions, and these verses do not name the king; and 4:23 says, “Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.” 6:14 says that the elders of the Jews built and finished the house “according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia”, where the Korean Revised Version reads 바사 왕 (king of Persia) before the three names. Ezra 7:1 says, “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia”, and 7:7 that some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, went up to Jerusalem “in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king”. 7:11 says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe”, and the letter opens, “Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven” (7:12, where the Korean Revised Version reads 하늘의 하나님의 율법에 완전한 학사, the scribe perfect in the law of the God of heaven); at 7:21 it reads, “I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River”, and at 7:25 it turns again to Ezra, “You, Ezra”. The Korean Revised Version closes the letter at the end of 7:26 (하였더라), where WEB marks no end. 7:27, in the blessing of the speaker (“I”), speaks of the king: “who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem”; and 8:1 says, “Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king”. Nehemiah 2:1 says, “In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king.” At 2:2–8 the king asks the speaker (“I”) why his face is sad; the speaker asks the king to send him to Judah, to the city of his fathers’ tombs, that he may build it, and WEB sets beside the king’s next words, in parentheses, “the queen was also sitting by him”; it pleases the king to send the speaker, who asks for letters to the governors beyond the River and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest; and the text says, “The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.” The Korean Revised Version gives the queen a line of the text’s own (그 때에 왕후도 왕의 곁에 앉았더라, at that time the queen also sat beside the king).
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- EZR 4:7, engwebp
7In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Syrian and delivered in the Syrian language.
- EZR 4:8–10, engwebp
8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.
9Then Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
- EZR 4:11–16, engwebp
11This is the copy of the letter that they sent: To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people beyond the River.
12Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and bad city, and have finished the walls and repaired the foundations.
13Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
14Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not appropriate for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,
15that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.
16We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.
- EZR 4:17–23, engwebp
17Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace.
18The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
19I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.
20There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them.
21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
22Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
23Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
- EZR 6:13–15, engwebp
13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
14The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:7–10, engwebp
7Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
11Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
13I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
14Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
15and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
17Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
- EZR 7:21–26, engwebp
21I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
22up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.
25You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
26Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
- EZR 7:27–28, engwebp
27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem;
28and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.
- EZR 8:1–14, engwebp
1Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
2Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
4Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
10Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.
11Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
13Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
- NEH 2:1–8, engwebp
1In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
2The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
3I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
4Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
6The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
7Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
- NEH 5:14–19, engwebp
14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
16Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
18Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
19Remember me, my God, for all the good that I have done for this people.
- NEH 13:4–9, engwebp
4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
5had prepared for him a great room, where previously they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
6But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
7and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
8It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
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Unresolved interpretation: Artaxerxes of Ezra 4:7–23 and 7:1–26
- Ezra 4:17 says, “Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River”, without the king’s name, and 4:23, “Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.”
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- EZR 4:17–23, engwebp
17Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace.
18The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
19I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.
20There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them.
21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
22Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
23Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
- EZR 4:17–23, engwebp
- Ezra 7:1 opens, “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah”, and 7:6 says, “this Ezra went up from Babylon”, and “the king granted him all his request”.
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- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
- Ezra 7:11 says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe”, and the letter opens, “Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven”, and speaks of the silver, the gold, and the vessels for the house of God in Jerusalem.
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- EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
11Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
13I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
14Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
15and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
17Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
- EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
- Nehemiah 13:6 says that the speaker (“I”) went to the king “in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon”.
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- NEH 13:4–9, engwebp
4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
5had prepared for him a great room, where previously they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
6But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
7and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
8It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
- NEH 13:4–9, engwebp
Ezra 4:7–23 tells of the letter written to Artaxerxes king of Persia, and says that when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read, “they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms”. Ezra 7:1–6 and 7:11–20 tell of Ezra going up from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, and of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra. Nehemiah 13:6 says that the speaker (“I”) went to the king “in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon”. Ezra calls the king of this name the king of Persia, and Nehemiah 13:6 calls him the king of Babylon. This collection records Artaxerxes as one entry, as it does kings of the same name. The text does not say whether the Artaxerxes of Ezra 4 and 7 and Artaxerxes king of Babylon of Nehemiah 13:6 are one king; this collection does not relate the reigns or their years to each other, and does not decide whether they are the same king.
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Took part in (7) — Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel write to Artaxerxes king of Persia, Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe write a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, The copy of the letter to King Artaxerxes from the people beyond the River, The king’s answer to Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe, and the work made to cease by force of arms, The letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, King Artaxerxes’ decree to all the treasurers beyond the River, and the charge to Ezra to appoint magistrates and judges, The speaker asks Artaxerxes the king to send him to Judah, and the king grants his requests
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In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Syrian and delivered in the Syrian language.
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.
This is the copy of the letter that they sent: To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people beyond the River.
Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Artaxerxes (person-artaxerxes) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/artaxerxes Current wording: Named at Ezra 4:7: “In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia”. 4:8–10 tells of the letter that Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king; 4:11–16 gives the copy of a letter to King Artaxerxes, and these verses do not name its senders; 4:17–22 gives the answer the king sent to Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions, and these verses do not name the king; and 4:23 says, “Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.” 6:14 says that the elders of the Jews built and finished the house “according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia”, where the Korean Revised Version reads 바사 왕 (king of Persia) before the three names. Ezra 7:1 says, “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia”, and 7:7 that some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, went up to Jerusalem “in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king”. 7:11 says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe”, and the letter opens, “Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven” (7:12, where the Korean Revised Version reads 하늘의 하나님의 율법에 완전한 학사, the scribe perfect in the law of the God of heaven); at 7:21 it reads, “I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River”, and at 7:25 it turns again to Ezra, “You, Ezra”. The Korean Revised Version closes the letter at the end of 7:26 (하였더라), where WEB marks no end. 7:27, in the blessing of the speaker (“I”), speaks of the king: “who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem”; and 8:1 says, “Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king”. Nehemiah 2:1 says, “In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king.” At 2:2–8 the king asks the speaker (“I”) why his face is sad; the speaker asks the king to send him to Judah, to the city of his fathers’ tombs, that he may build it, and WEB sets beside the king’s next words, in parentheses, “the queen was also sitting by him”; it pleases the king to send the speaker, who asks for letters to the governors beyond the River and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest; and the text says, “The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.” The Korean Revised Version gives the queen a line of the text’s own (그 때에 왕후도 왕의 곁에 앉았더라, at that time the queen also sat beside the king). Cited evidence: EZR 4:7, engwebp / EZR 4:8–10, engwebp / EZR 4:11–16, engwebp / EZR 4:17–23, engwebp / EZR 6:13–15, engwebp / EZR 7:1–6, engwebp / EZR 7:7–10, engwebp / EZR 7:11–20, engwebp (and 6 more of 14) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.