Cyrus. The son of Astyages and Esther. See App-57, on the genealogy of the Persian kings. So named Neh 200 years before he was born (Isaiah 44:28). The book of Esther precedes the book of Ezra-Nehemiah, and Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah 7:4 precedes Ezr 1:1-14. See note on Nehemiah 1:2.Esther 3:8; Esther 10:3, and App-57.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
mouth. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:21-23.Jeremiah 29:10-14.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.