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Cyrus

Mentions
19
Chapters
11
Books
4

Cyrus II of Persia is praised in Scripture as the king whom Yahweh stirred up to end the Babylonian exile. He issued a decree allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, fulfilling Jeremiah's prophecy of seventy years' captivity.

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"Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,"
Ezra 1

Every chapter

In canonical order across 4 books

2 Chronicles
36
v. 22
Ezra
1
v. 1
3
v. 7
4
v. 3
5
v. 13
6
v. 3
Isaiah
44
v. 28
45
v. 1
Daniel
1
v. 21
6
v. 28
10
v. 1

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