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Cyrus

king of Persia

Persian king who authorizes the return from exile.

19 appearances4 Bible books1 known aliases

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Founder of the empire whose conquest of ends of . In the first year of his reign he issues a decree, recorded at the start of and the close of 2 Chronicles, allowing the to return to and rebuild with funds and vessels from his treasury. names him more than a century before his rise, calling him the LORD's anointed and shepherd.

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