Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cyrus' occurs 23 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cyrus' in the standard works and contain 65.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Chr. 36:22-23 (3 in 2 verses)

 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

 36:23 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.




Ezra 1:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 5:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:28-45:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 23 0 23
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Ezra 15 0 15
Isa. 2 0 2
Dan. 3 0 3
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 0 23

2 Chr. 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

2 Chr. 36:23
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.