Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
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Gill's Exposition
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon,.... That is, the first year he was king of Babylon, having taken it, otherwise he was king of Persia many years before:
the same King Cyrus made a…
We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it seems, they had upon them, and no sooner did the Spirit of God stir up the friends…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Cyrus the king of Babylon Cyrus so called frequently in the Inscriptions: cf. Artaxerxes king of Babylon, Neh 13:6, and Darius king of Assyria, Ezr 6:22.
the same king Cyrus R.V. Cyrus the king: see…