Cyrus the Great
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Description
King of Persia 559–530 BC; founder of the Achaemenid empire. Conquered Babylon in 539 BC and decreed the return of the Jewish exiles in 538. Named explicitly by Isaiah ~150 years before his birth (Isa 44:28-45:1).
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