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2 Chronicles 36:20-22
Lexham English Bible

20 And he took those who escaped the sword[a] to Babylon. And they became servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land has enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of desolation it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Decree of Cyrus

22 And in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation[b] throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:20 Literally “the remainder from the sword”
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:22 Literally “extended a voice”
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