II Chronicles 36:23
The Scripture
(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 house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The book concludes with the successive reigns and downfalls of Judah's last kings, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, culminating in Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and the captivity of the people to Babylon. The chapter ends with Cyrus king of Persia proclaiming that the LORD had charged him to build a house for Him at Jerusalem, allowing the exiles to return.
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