Cyrus the Great

He conquered much of the known world, then became famous for allowing conquered peoples to return home and restore their religions. His name was Cyrus the Great, the only foreign ruler explicitly called God’s “anointed,” or messiah, in the Hebrew Bible.

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1. He conquered much of the known world, then became famous for allowing conquered peoples to return home and restore their religions.
2. HE BUILT THE LARGEST EMPIRE THE WORLD HAD SEEN
3. THEN HE CONQUERED BABYLON
4. HE LET CONQUERED PEOPLES WORSHIP THEIR OWN GODS
5. THAT INCLUDED THE JEWS
6. THE BIBLE GIVES HIM AN EXTRAORDINARY TITLE
7. HIS LEGACY SURVIVED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
8. More than two thousand years later, he remains revered in Iranian history and appears in the Bible as the foreign king chosen to help restore Jerusalem.
9. WHY A PERSIAN KING IS IN THE BIBLE

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