Cyrus (20 Occurrences)

...Cyrus was a great military leader, bent on universal conquest. Babylon fell before his army (BC 538) on the night of Belshazzar's feast (Dan. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Persians (6 Occurrences)

... HISTORY 1. Cyrus 2. Capture of Babylon 3. Cambyses 4. Pseudo-Smerdis 5. Darius I 6. Darius' Suez Canal 7. Xerxes I 8. Artaxerxes II 9. Xerxes II 10. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persians.htm - 20k

Achmetha (1 Occurrence)

... of northern Media. Here was the palace which was the residence of the old Median monarchs, and of Cyrus and Cambyses. In the time ... biblethesaurus.org/a/achmetha.htm - 10k

Astyages

... I, king of the Medes 585-550 BC, and predecessor of Cyrus (Bel and the Dragon verse 1): His wife was the daughter of Alyattes, king of Lydia. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/astyages.htm - 8k

Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences)

... more probable, however, that Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel were different persons, and that Sheshbazzar was governor of Judah in the time of Cyrus and Zerubbabel ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sheshbazzar.htm - 10k

Persia (30 Occurrences)

...Cyrus II., king of Anzan, finally united the divided power, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylonia, and carried his arms into the far East. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persia.htm - 20k

Issued (40 Occurrences)

... (See NAS). Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. (See NAS NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/i/issued.htm - 18k

Decree (82 Occurrences)

... (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV). Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/decree.htm - 34k

Waked (13 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ... biblethesaurus.org/w/waked.htm - 10k

Intimation (4 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ... biblethesaurus.org/i/intimation.htm - 8k

Realm (23 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/realm.htm - 14k

Media (14 Occurrences)

... his son and successor Astyages, the Persians waged war against the Medes and conquered them, the two nations being united under one monarch, Cyrus the Persian ... biblethesaurus.org/m/media.htm - 15k

Darius (26 Occurrences)

... 1), "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes" (9:1). On the death of Belshazzar the Chaldean he "received the kingdom" of Babylon as viceroy from Cyrus. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/darius.htm - 24k

Belshazzar (8 Occurrences)

... It is possible that this second Nabundid was the king who was killed by Cyrus, when he crossed the Tigris above Arbela in the 9th year of Nabunaid his father ... biblethesaurus.org/b/belshazzar.htm - 16k

Proclamation (31 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/proclamation.htm - 16k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

... Phraortes by his son Kyaxares; and the latter in turn left his kingdom to his son Astyages whose daughter Mandane married Cambyses, father of the great Cyrus. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... Armenia Major was bounded on the North by the River Cyrus (Kour), Iberia, Colchis, and the Moschici Mts.; on the West by Asia Minor and the Euphrates; on the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Rebuilt (47 Occurrences)

... (See NAS RSV NIV). Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rebuilt.htm - 20k

Rebuild (36 Occurrences)

... (See NAS NIV). Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. (See NAS NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rebuild.htm - 16k

Mithredath (2 Occurrences)

... Given by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, ie, the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates. (1.) The "treasurer" of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mithredath.htm - 8k

Cambyses

... CAMBYSES. kam-bi'-sez (Aram., cnbnzy; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian, Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cambyses.htm - 12k

Ahasbai (1 Occurrence)

... Judah and Jerusalem. Ewald and others have suggested that this Ahasuerus was Cambyses, the son and successor of Cyrus. It seems ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ahasbai.htm - 11k

Completion (40 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/completion.htm - 19k

Accomplished (64 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accomplished.htm - 25k

Stirred (64 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stirred.htm - 26k

Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)

... In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64), exclusive of a large number of servants, who returned ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zerubbabel.htm - 20k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

... But we believe that all, except the number that probably allied themselves with Judah and shared in their restoration under Cyrus, are finally lost. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Foundations (49 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foundations.htm - 21k

Fulfill (80 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fulfill.htm - 30k

Public (99 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true ... biblethesaurus.org/p/public.htm - 37k

Builded (65 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/builded.htm - 27k

Ninety (27 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/n/ninety.htm - 15k

Nebuchadnez'zar (55 Occurrences)

... Ezra 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebuchadnez'zar.htm - 24k

Retained (10 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/r/retained.htm - 9k

Shesh-baz'zar (4 Occurrences)

... Ezra 1:8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shesh-baz'zar.htm - 7k

Strongly (15 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/s/strongly.htm - 11k

Solidly (1 Occurrence)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they ... biblethesaurus.org/s/solidly.htm - 6k

Width (58 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the ... biblethesaurus.org/w/width.htm - 22k

Haggai (14 Occurrences)

... The generous edict of Cyrus had made return possible (compare Ezra 1:1-4). The new colonists had settled in Jerusalem and in the neighboring towns of Bethlehem ... biblethesaurus.org/h/haggai.htm - 28k

Ezra (28 Occurrences)

... Esdras. It consists of two principal divisions: (1.) The history of the first return of exiles, in the first year of Cyrus (BC 536), till the completion and ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezra.htm - 29k

Kingdoms (65 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has commanded me to build him ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdoms.htm - 29k

Statement (88 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true ... biblethesaurus.org/s/statement.htm - 31k

Esdras

... Babylon. 2. 1 Esdras 2:1-15 = Ezra 1:1-11: The return from Babylon through the edict of Cyrus. 3. 1 Esdras 2:16-26 = Ezra 4:7-24. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esdras.htm - 29k

Artaxerxes (14 Occurrences)

... first of that name; for in the Antiquities, XI, vi, 1 he says that "after the death of Xerxes, the kingdom came to be transferred to his son Cyrus, whom the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/artaxerxes.htm - 16k

Bases (80 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bases.htm - 29k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)

... i.2, 21;) tells how, in 40l BC, Cyrus the Younger entered Cilicia on his famous march against his brother Artaxerxes, and how some of his Greek mercenaries ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Prospered (35 Occurrences)

... They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prospered.htm - 17k

Sacrificing (39 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sacrificing.htm - 19k

Connection (72 Occurrences)

... So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king ... biblethesaurus.org/c/connection.htm - 29k

Isaiah (64 Occurrences)

... cannot, as some say, conceive it possible that Isaiah, living in BC 700, could foretell the appearance and the exploits of a prince called Cyrus, who would set ... biblethesaurus.org/i/isaiah.htm - 66k

Bel (3 Occurrences)

... The king (Cyrus according to Theodotion) remonstrates with the delinquent Hebrew, pointing Out to him the immense amount of food consumed daily by Bel, who ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bel.htm - 39k

Money (284 Occurrences)

... The daric (qv) was a gold piece current in Palestine in the time of Cyrus. ... But the staters of Lydia were current there under Cyrus (Madden, op. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/money.htm - 69k

Dragon (20 Occurrences)

... The king (Cyrus according to Theodotion) remonstrates with the delinquent Hebrew, pointing Out to him the immense amount of food consumed daily by Bel, who ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dragon.htm - 56k

Sixty (70 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sixty.htm - 28k

Jehovah (20094 Occurrences)

... contrast. Cyrus the Median conqueror is already on the horizon, and he is declared to be God's instrument in the deliverance. The ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehovah.htm - 38k

Breadth (100 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breadth.htm - 40k

Servant (738 Occurrences)

... contrast. Cyrus the Median conqueror is already on the horizon, and he is declared to be God's instrument in the deliverance. The ... biblethesaurus.org/s/servant.htm - 67k

Yahweh (6653 Occurrences)

... contrast. Cyrus the Median conqueror is already on the horizon, and he is declared to be God's instrument in the deliverance. The ... biblethesaurus.org/y/yahweh.htm - 39k

Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)

... by Nabonadius (555-538), at the close of whose reign (less than a quarter of a century after the death of Nebuchadnezzar) Babylon fell under Cyrus at the head ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm - 57k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... This latter was the capital of Cyrus the Great and his immediate predecessors, the tract having been conquered apparently by Sispis (Teispes), his ancestor, at ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... This latter was the capital of Cyrus the Great and his immediate predecessors, the tract having been conquered apparently by Sispis (Teispes), his ancestor, at ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Threescore (87 Occurrences)

... Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/threescore.htm - 33k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

... This restoration was begun BC 536, "in the first year of Cyrus" (Ezra 1:2, 3, 5-11). ...Cyrus and the First Return (538 BC) 23. Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls 24. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Articles (78 Occurrences)

... Ezra 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/articles.htm - 30k

Persian (4 Occurrences)

... Of Cyrus the Great only one Persian sentence has been found: Adam Kurush Khshayathiya Hakhamanishiya, "I am Cyrus the King, the Achemenian." Darius I has left ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persian.htm - 45k

Daniel (74 Occurrences)

... After the taking of Babylon, Cyrus, who was now master of all Asia from India to the Dardanelles, placed Darius (qv), a Median prince, on the throne, during ... biblethesaurus.org/d/daniel.htm - 79k

Chronicles (45 Occurrences)

... The close of the book records the proclamation of Cyrus permitting the Jews to return to their own land, and this forms the opening passage of the Book of Ezra ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chronicles.htm - 60k

Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeremiah.htm - 75k

Esther (48 Occurrences)

... Her family did not avail themselves of the permission granted by Cyrus to the exiles to return to Jerusalem; and she resided with her cousin Mordecai, who held ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esther.htm - 58k

Years (5873 Occurrences)

... in the 4th year of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 24:1 2 Chronicles 36:6 Daniel 1:1 by another reckoning calls it the 3rd year), ie 606 BC, till the decree of Cyrus, 536 BC ... biblethesaurus.org/y/years.htm - 8k

Charged (109 Occurrences)

... 2 Chronicles 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an ... biblethesaurus.org/c/charged.htm - 36k

Zidonians (11 Occurrences)

... drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zidonians.htm - 10k

Zerub'babel (23 Occurrences)

... Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zerub'babel.htm - 13k

Zoroastrianism

... 2. Popular Judaism: Within the period 538-332 BC (that Cyrus was a Zoroastrian seems now established) Israel was under the rule of Mazdeans, and Mazdean ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoroastrianism.htm - 17k

Kings (350 Occurrences)

... date of the last chapter (2 Kings 25), when Jehoiachin was released from captivity by Evil-merodach, and BC 538, the date of the decree of deliverance by Cyrus... biblethesaurus.org/k/kings.htm - 61k

Nergalsharezer (2 Occurrences)

... whom, Nabonadius, ascended the vacant throne, and reigned for a period of seventeen years (BC 555-538), at the close of which period Babylon was taken by Cyrus... biblethesaurus.org/n/nergalsharezer.htm - 9k

Nergal-sharezer (2 Occurrences)

... whom, Nabonadius, ascended the vacant throne, and reigned for a period of seventeen years (BC 555-538), at the close of which period Babylon was taken by Cyrus... biblethesaurus.org/n/nergal-sharezer.htm - 9k

Numbereth (9 Occurrences)

... Ezra 1:8 yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/n/numbereth.htm - 9k

Unfolded (4 Occurrences)

... Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a hard work ... biblethesaurus.org/u/unfolded.htm - 7k

Lowest (28 Occurrences)

... They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lowest.htm - 15k