Ezra 1:1

MSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

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Ezra 1:1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple.
Ezra 1:5 The people provide for their return.
Ezra 1:7 Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.

Now in the.
2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23
Cyrus.Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.
by the mouth.
Jeremiah 25:12-14; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 33:7-13
the Lord.
Ezra 5:13-15; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 7:27; Psalms 106:46; Proverbs 21:1; Daniel 2:1
made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.
Matthew 3:1-3; John 1:23