THESIS LI.
If yet it should be a Question, Whether Artaxerxes
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If yet it should be a Question, Whether Artaxerxes
Mnemon were that Artaxerxes, in the 20 of whose reign, Nehemiah had commission to build Jerusalem; it is answered, that considering the long time Nehemiah's Artaxerxes reigned, two and thirty years of his reign being mentioned, Nehem. 13.6. and also conside∣ring that this Artaxerxes lived near the expiration of the Persian Monarchy; for Nehemiah in his book makes mention of Jaddua who wa High Priest (as Josephus testifies) when Alexander the Great came to Jerusa∣lem, and also of Darius, the last from whom A∣lexander did take the Persian Monarchy, Nehem. 12.22. it will appear, that the story of Nehemiah, is not applia∣ble to any of the Persian Monarchs, but Artaxerxes Mnemon.