Ezra 5:13

5:13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, ¹  King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

Ezra 6:10

6:10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. ² 

Ezra 8:23

8:23 So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

Ezra 9:10

9:10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

[5:13]  ¹ sn 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.

[6:10]  ² tn Aram “for the life of the king and his sons.”