2 Chronicles 36:22 (KJV)

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Now 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

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in the first. Ezr 1:1-3

Cyrus. Isa 44:28 Da 10:1

that the word. 2Ch 36:21 Jer 25:12 Jer 25:14 Jer 29:10 Jer 32:42-44 Jer 33:10-14 Heb 10:23

the Lord stirred. 2Ch 21:16 1Sa 26:19 1Ki 11:14 1Ki 11:23 1Ch 5:26 Ezr 1:5 Isa 13:3-5 Isa 13:17 Isa 13:18 Isa 44:28 Isa 45:1-5 Hag 1:14

a proclamation. 2Ch 24:9 2Ch 30:5

A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.

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