“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him; go up then!’ ”

Commentaries

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John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:22).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

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17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God had promised the restoring of the captives, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, at the end of seventy years; and that time to favor Zion, that set…