Gen 14:14-15, Ezr 1:2, Isa 41:15, 45:1, Heb 7:1 | TSK | STEP | his brother. armed. or, led forth. trained. or, instructed. born. Dan.

all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28; 45:1,12,13

Isaiah 41:15

I will make.

21:10; 28:27; Hab 3:12

teeth. Heb. mouths. thou shalt.

Ps 18:42; Mic 4:13; Zec 4:7; 2Co 10:4,5

Isaiah 45:1

1 God calls Cyrus for his church's sake.

5 By his omnipotency he challenges obedience.

20 He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power.

to his.

13:3; 44:28; 1Ki 19:15; Jer 27:6

whose.

41:13; 42:6; Ps 73:23

holden. or, strengthened.

Eze 30:21-24

to subdue.

41:2,25; Ezr 1:1; Jer 50:3,35; 51:11,20-24; Da 5:6,28-30; 7:5; 8:3

to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

Na 2:6

Hebrews 7:1

1 Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisedec;

11 and so far more excellent than the priests of Aaron's order.

this.

6:20; Ge 14:18-20

Salem.

Ps 76:2

the most.

Ps 57:2; 78:35,56; Da 4:2; 5:18,21; Mic 6:6; Mr 5:7; Ac 16:17

the slaughter.

Ge 16:14-16; Isa 41:2,3