The Proclamation of Cyrus(A)

22 (B)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of (C)Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (D)Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

23 (E)Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:23 Temple

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius (A)and in the reign of (B)Cyrus the Persian.

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Vision of the Glorious Man

10 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose (A)name was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, [a]but the appointed time was long; and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 10:1 Or and of great conflict;

13 (A)But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, (B)Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.

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