# Ezra 1:2

> “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.

— Ezra 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Persia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/persia

## When

- 538 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezra 1:1 dates itself by the first year of Cyrus; his first year over Babylon is 538 BC by the Babylonian tablets.

## Who ruled

- **Cyrus the Great**, king of Persia, 559-530 BC, named in the text · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Isaiah 45:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/45/12
- Isaiah 44:26–45:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/44/26
- Daniel 5:19-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/19
- Daniel 5:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/23
- Daniel 4:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/32

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- According to Ezra 1, which king of Persia said the LORD had appointed him to build a house at Jerusalem? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-7043-96f5-e3a3767229b9

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).