Excerpt from The Apocrypha: Greek and English, in Parallel Columns<br><br>In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be aecom lished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy; {the Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing, 3 saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world, 4and com mended me to build him an house at J eru salem in Jewry.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.