Lux Domini

Ezra 5:17

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
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ReturnTempleTorahRepentance

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Ezra 5:15Ezra 5:16

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Jerusalem Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.

Babylon Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.

Cyrus Person

(Heb. Ko’resh), the celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews ( Ezra 1:1 , 2). He was the son of Cambyses, the prince of Persia, and was born about B.