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God's Sovereign Faithfulness
Matthew Henry highlights that this verse marks the fulfillment of God's promise to restore His people after 70 years of exile. The verse explicitly states that 'Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus,' demonstrating God's sovereign control over even foreign kings to accomplish His redemptive plans. Though His people were disciplined, they were never abandoned.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 36:22
18th Century
Theologian
This and the next verse are repeated at the beginning of the book of Ezra (Ezra 1:1–3), which was probably a continuation of Chronicles…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 36:22
17th Century
Pastor
Ver. 22,23. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia These two verses are the same with which the next book, the boo…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 36:22–23
17th Century
Minister
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…