Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezra 1:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezra 1:1 - 1:1

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Ezr 1:1-6. Proclamation of Cyrus for building the Temple.

in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia - The Persian empire, including Persia, Media, Babylonia, and Chaldea, with many smaller dependencies, was founded by Cyrus, 536 b.c. [Hales].

that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled - (See Jer 25:12; Jer 29:10). This reference is a parenthetic statement of the historian, and did not form part of the proclamation.