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    Debi Marrs
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    I am just starting out and am already a bit baffled. The text says that Nebuchadnezzar came to power a few years after Cyrus? Everything I can find says Cyrus was long after Nebuchadnezzar? Can anyone help me
    Get this straight in my mind?

    #1993
    Debi Marrs
    Participant

    Here is the text I cannot get straight in my mind:

    “Look up the meaning of Cyrus’ name, and you’ll see four words of particular interest in light of Daniel’s side-by-side timeline of Ezra’s story: possess thou the furnace. Now, the furnace. In the ancient, mid-East would have implications of wrath, punishment, revenge, and terror. It’s everything that you see (and all that you can imagine) happening to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego under Nebuchadnezzar’s reign (who took over the throne after Cyrus’ reign ended) in Daniel 3.”

    #2076
    Avatar photoJane Johnson
    Keymaster

    Hi Debi! I did a quick search for a visual timeline that might help you to see Cyrus as a contemporary to Nebuchadnezzar. You can fact check and do more research to confirm this, but this timeline seems to be a pretty good breakdown: https://totallyhistory.com/daniel-timeline/

    Otherwise, you can see Cyrus in the book of Daniel as Nebuchadnezzar’s successor in Daniel 1:21. (Daniel served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Daniel 1:1) until the first year of King Cyrus (Daniel 1:21)).

    Does that help?

    #2077
    Avatar photoJane Johnson
    Keymaster

    I just re-read my post and had their reigns backward – Cyrus reigned second. I’ll fix that!

    #2078
    Avatar photoJane Johnson
    Keymaster

    I just re-read my post and had their reigns backward – Cyrus reigned second. I’ll fix that!

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