Ezra 1:2
2“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ahe has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.Ezra 1:4
4And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”Ezra 7:12
12“Artaxerxes, bking of kings, to Ezra the priest, the cscribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace. ▼▼Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)
eAnd now Nehemiah 2:18
18And I told them fof the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” gSo they strengthened their hands for the good work.Daniel 4:31-34
31 hWhile the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 iand you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, juntil you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” 33Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. kHe was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.Nebuchadnezzar Restored
34 lAt the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and mmy reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored nhim who lives forever,ofor his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and phis kingdom endures from generation to generation;
Daniel 6:27-28
27He delivers and rescues;he works qsigns and wonders
in heaven and on earth,
he who has rsaved Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
28So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and sthe reign of tCyrus the Persian.
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