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IN THE YEAR 536 B.C. CYRUS, KING
OF PERSIA, AND CONQUEROR OF
BABYLON I UED A ROYAL ORDER.
HE HAS
A OINTED ME TO
BUILD A TEMPLE FOR
HIM AT JERUSALEM
THE LORD, THE IN JUDAH.
GOD OF HEAVEN,
HAS GIVEN ME A IN THE PLACES AND
THE KINGDOMS AMONG THE PEOPLES
OF THE EARTH. WHERE THE HEBREWS ARE
LIVING, THEY ARE TO
CONTRIBUTE WITH
FR WI O ERINGS
FOR THIS TEMPLE.
DANIEL HAD SERVED AS THE PRIME MANY SUSPECT HE MAY HAVE ALSO
MINISTER TO THE PERSIAN KINGS SHOWED CYRUS THE WRITINGS AND
AND THIS MAY HAVE PLAYED A PROPHECIES OF THE PROPHET
PART IN THE FAVORABLE ISAIAH Wrien 200 YEARS EARLIER.
TREATMENT THE JEWS RECEIVED.
WHO SAYS OF CYRUS, “HE IS MY SHEPHERD AND
WI AOMPLISH A THAT I PLEASE; HE WI
SAY OF JERUSALEM, ‘LET IT BE REBUILT,’ AND OF
THE TEMPLE, ‘LET ITS FOUNDATIONS BE LAID.’ ”
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