Cyrus: Issues a Decree for the Emancipation of the Jews and Rebuilding the Temple

Scripture references

• 2Ch 36:22, 23 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the
• Ezr 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD
• Ezr 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to
• Ezr 4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel
• Ezr 5:13, 14 In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to
• Ezr 6:3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of