2 Chronicles 36:22
New King James Version
The Proclamation of Cyrus(A)
22 (B)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of (C)Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (D)Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
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2 Chronicles 36:23
New King James Version
23 (A)Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 Temple
Jeremiah 25:12
New King James Version
12 ‘Then it will come to pass, (A)when [a]seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,’ says the Lord; (B)‘and I will make it a perpetual desolation.
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- Jeremiah 25:12 Beginning circa 605 b.c. (2 Kin. 24:1) and ending circa 536 b.c. (Ezra 1:1)
Jeremiah 29:10
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10 For thus says the Lord: After (A)seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to (B)return to this place.
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