Cyrus. The son of Astyages and Esther. See App-57, on the genealogy of the Persian kings. So named Neh 200 years before he was born (Isa_44:28). The book of Esther precedes the book of Ezra-Nehemiah, and Neh_1:1Neh_7:4 precedes Ezr_1:1-14. See note on Neh_1:2. Est_3:8; Est_10:3, and App-57.