Lux Domini

2 Chronicles  36:23

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

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Interpretation

God had promised the restoring of the captives, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, at the end of seventy years; and that time to favour Zion, that set time, came at last.

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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 36:22-23.

2 Chronicles 36:22 2 Chronicles 36:23

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
Persia Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell Hagmatana.
Cyrus Person
(Heb. Ko’resh), the celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews ( Ezra 1:1 , 2). He was the son of Cambyses, the prince of Persia, and was born about B.