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Cyrus names 4 things on this site
- Cyrus, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Cyrus Named by Name, a messianic prophecy.Cyrus was named by prophecy approximately 150 years before his birth.
- Cyrus Named by Isaiah, a messianic prophecy.Isaiah named Cyrus the Great by name approximately 150 years before his birth, predicting he would release the Jewish exiles and authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the…
- Cyrus Named 150 Years Before His Birth, an answer in the Evidence Room.Isaiah 44-45 names Cyrus the Great as Israel's deliverer roughly 150 years before his birth, describing his specific role in rebuilding Jerusalem and releasing the Jewish exiles.
Featured studies
3 results- Study2 Chronicles: the Study GuideThe priest's Bible-in-miniature for a people rebuilding a house: Solomon's glory-filled temple, the seek/forsake ledger of Judah's kings, Manasseh's worst-sin-then-deepest-repentance, and the book's…
- StudyEzra: the Study GuideThe rebuilt house and the rebuilt heart: Cyrus's decree, the temple finished under Darius, and Ezra's own return: the scribe who prepared his heart to seek the law, do it, and teach it (7:10).
- StudyThe Exile and the ReturnThree deportations, seventy years reckoned two ways, Cyrus's decree corroborated by the Cyrus Cylinder, and three returns under Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
Verses
20 results- VerseDaniel 1:21And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
- VerseDaniel 6:28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- VerseEzra 5:13In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
- VerseEzra 1:8Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
- VerseEzra 1:7King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
People
2 results- PersonDanielExilic prophet and Judean court official serving under Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius the Mede, and Cyrus; traditionally named author of the book of Daniel.
- PersonDarius IPersian king whose second year dates Haggai's and Zechariah's oracles (Hag 1:1; Zech 1:1) and whose decree confirmed Cyrus's authorization, letting the temple be finished in…
Words (Strong's)
2 resultsTopics
1 resultProphecies
4 results- ProphecyCyrus Named by NameCyrus was named by prophecy approximately 150 years before his birth.
- ProphecyCyrus Named by IsaiahIsaiah named Cyrus the Great by name approximately 150 years before his birth, predicting he would release the Jewish exiles and authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the…
- ProphecyBabylon's Gates Left OpenBabylon's gates would be left open for Cyrus.
- ProphecyBabylon's River Gates Left OpenIsaiah predicted Babylon's gates would be opened before Cyrus, and Jeremiah predicted the river passages would be stopped and the city taken by surprise from the ends.
Apologetics
2 results- ApologeticsCyrus Named 150 Years Before His BirthIsaiah 44-45 names Cyrus the Great as Israel's deliverer roughly 150 years before his birth, describing his specific role in rebuilding Jerusalem and releasing the Jewish exiles.
- ApologeticsThe Cyrus CylinderThe Cyrus Cylinder (539 BC), recovered in Babylon in 1879, records Cyrus restoring the gods and populations of cities his predecessors had deported - the imperial pattern the…
Voices
1 resultApocrypha (study resources)
18 results- Study resource1 Esdras 6:17But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.
- Study resourceBel and the Dragon 1:1And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.
- Study resource1 Esdras 2:11Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:24In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
- Study resource1 Esdras 6:21Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus: