Cyrus the Great

King of Persia and conqueror of Babylon. Speaks to Babylon of the God who commanded him to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Cyrus, Babylon's conqueror, speaks to it of the God who commanded him to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem

  "Cyrus, its conqueror, speaks to it of the God who made heaven and earth and who commanded him to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Sacred Chronology — Years to the freedom under Cyrus: 3486

  "Years from the beginning of the world to the freedom under Cyrus: 3486"

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Chaldeans conquered through Cyrus for liberation

  "of the Chaldeans through Cyrus, was won and accomplished"

• Sacred Chronology — Capture of Babylon by Cyrus, 23 years after Jehoiachin's captivity

  "From there to the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, 23 years elapsed"