Cyrus
Cyrus the Persian king married the sister of Zerubbabel, daughter of Salathiel, making her queen by Persian law. She urged the return of Israel from captivity to Jerusalem, insisting because of her brother, and Cyrus who loved her complied by gathering them in Babel.
He charged Zerubbabel to lead the people to Jerusalem in peace and rebuild their fathers' city. God called Cyrus his servant, shepherd and anointed of the Lord for this, as his seed entered David's through Meshayyanath. The Israelites went up from Babel in Cyrus's second year, Zerubbabel king and Joshua son of Yozadak son of Aaron high priest.
Biography
- Occupation
- King of Persia
- Era
- Exile and Return
- Nationality
- Persian
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Cyrus in Cave of Treasures 64
The Cave of Treasures 64:1
And Jehoiachin was bound in prison for thirty-seven years, and after he came forth from prison he took to wife Gülith, t...
1nd Jehoiachin was bound in prison for thirty-seven years, and after he came forth from prison he took to wife Gülith, the daughter of Eliakim, and he begot by her in Babel Shalathiel (Salathiel); and Jehoiachin died in Babel. And Salathiel took to wife Hetbath, the daughter of Halkana, and he begot by her Zürbábhel (Zerubbabel), who took to wife Malkath, the daughter of Ezra the scribe; but no son was born to him by her in Babel. In the days of Zerubbabel, the prince of Judah, Cyrus the Persian reigned in Babel.
Cyrus in Cave of Treasures 65
The Cave of Treasures 65:1
And Cyrus took to wife the daughter of Salathiel, the sister of Zerubbabel, and he took her to wife according to the law...
1nd Cyrus took to wife the daughter of Salathiel, the sister of Zerubbabel, and he took her to wife according to the law of the Persians, and made her [his] queen. And she entreated Cyrus to bring about the return of the children of Israel [to Jerusalem]. And inasmuch as Zerubbabel was her brother, she was very insistent about the return [to Jerusalem] of those who had been led away into captivity.
Cyrus in Cave of Treasures 67
The Cave of Treasures 67:3
Observe, O our brother Nemesius, that in the days of Cyrus the FIFTH THOUSAND [YEARS] CAME TO AN END. And from the thous...
3bserve, O our brother Nemesius, that in the days of Cyrus the FIFTH THOUSAND [YEARS] CAME TO AN END. And from the thousand [years] of Cyrus until the Passion of our Redeemer, the years were in number five hundred, according to the prophecy of Daniel, who prophesied and said, “After sixty-two weeks the Messiah shall be slain.”
Cyrus in Cave of Treasures 77
The Cave of Treasures 77:1
Understand now and see, O my brother Nemesius, that in the days of Yáréd, in his fortieth year, the First Thousand Years...
1nderstand now and see, O my brother Nemesius, that in the days of Yáréd, in his fortieth year, the First Thousand Years came to anend. In the six hundredth year of Noah the SEcoND Thousand Years came to an end. In the seventy-fourth year of Reu the THIRD Thousand Years came to an end. In the twenty-sixth year of Áhór (Ehud) the FounTH Thousand Years came to an end. In the second year of Cyrus the FirrH Thousand Years came to an end. And in the five hundredth year of the SIXTH Thousand Years Christ was born in His human form.
Did You Know?
Cyrus the Persian married the daughter of Salathiel, the sister of Zerubbabel, under Persian law and made her his queen.
The book names his wife Meshayyanath and says he loved her as he loved himself.
He sent heralds through all the land of Babel ordering the children of Israel to gather together.
Cyrus told Zerubbabel to go up to Jerusalem in peace, rebuild the city of his fathers and reign in it.
The book says Cyrus was called the Lord's shepherd and anointed because his seed was joined to the seed of David.