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2 Chronicles 36:23 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 36 · verse 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.2 Chronicles 36:23 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 36:23 in context
21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
23Thus 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- PersiaPâraçParas , an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6539 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- CyrusKôwreshKoresh , the Persian kingH3566 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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These last two verses of this book have a double aspect. 1. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished, Ch2 36:22. God had, by him, promised the restoring of the captives and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, at the end of seventy years;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-23