1 In the first year of King Cyrus+ of Persia, in order that Jehovah’s word spoken by Jeremiah+ would be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his kingdom, which he also put in writing,+ saying:

2 “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says, ‘Jehovah the God of the heavens has given me all the kingdoms of the earth,+ and he has commissioned me to build him a house in Jerusalem,+ which is in Judah.

 2 A harsh vision has been told to me:

Go up, O Eʹlam! Lay siege, O Meʹdi·a!+

I will put an end to all the sighing she caused.+

28 So this Daniel prospered in the kingdom of Da·riʹus+ and in the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.+

9 In the first year of Da·riʹus+ the son of A·has·u·eʹrus—a descendant of the Medes who had been made king over the kingdom of the Chal·deʹans+—