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Ezra 1:2 KJV
Ezra · chapter 1 · verse 2
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.Ezra 1:2 · King James Version
Ezra 1:2 in context
1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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,
2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
4And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- PersiaPâraçParas , an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6539 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- CyrusKôwreshKoresh , the Persian kingH3566 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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It will be proper for us here to consider, 1. What was the state of the captive Jews in Babylon. It was upon many accounts very deplorable; they were under the power of those that hated them, had nothing they could call their own; they had no temple, no altar; if they sang psalms, their enemies ridiculed them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4