The Book of Isaiah (45:1) even refers to Cyrus as the Lord’s anointed one, making him the only figure in the Hebrew Bible who is declared “YHWH’s messiah” without being an anointed king of Judah (biblicalarchaeology.org).
Many Bible
scholars know the story the Persian king Cyrus the Great, who conquered the
Babylonian Empire, and was responsible for the edict which ended the Babylonian
Captivity. The article I am sharing is about an artifact linked to King Cyrus,
and his period in history. Specifically, it is the Cyrus Cylinder, and one must visit
the British Museum in London in order to view the artifact in person. Read the full article at the following
link.
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