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treasures of darkness - that is, hidden in subterranean places; a common Oriental practice. Sorcerers pretended to be able to show where such treasures were to be found; in opposition to their pretensions, God says, He will really give hidden treasures to Cyrus (Jer 50:37; Jer 51:13). Pliny (Natural History, 33:3) says that Cyrus obtained from the conquest of Asia thirty-four thousand pounds weight of gold, besides golden vases, and five hundred thousand talents of silver, and the goblet of Semiramis, weighing fifteen talents.
that thou mayest know - namely, not merely that He was “the God of Israel,” but that He was Jehovah, the true God. Ezr 1:1, Ezr 1:2 shows that the correspondence of the event with the prediction had the desired effect on Cyrus.
which call ... thy name - so long before designate thee by name (Isa 43:1).