In view of Daniel’s high administrative position both before and after Babylon fell, it would be hard to imagine that Cyrus was not made aware of the Hebrew prophecy that, two centuries in advance, had said that Babylon would be conquered by a man bearing the name Cyrus. ​ — Isaiah 45: 1 - 3.
बाइबल की भविष्यवाणी में कहा था कि कुस्रू के द्वारा यरूशलेम का पुननिर्माण होगा तथा मंदिर की नींव रखी जायेगी । — यशायाह ४४: २८. क्या ऐसा हुआ?