translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZR

label: NET study note

text: This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon.


text: A reference to the catastrophic events of 586 b.c.


text: Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. he apparently appropriated to himself the additional title “king of Babylon.” The Syriac Peshitta substitutes “Persia” for “Babylon” here, but this is probably a hyper-correction.