God's anointed shepherd, Grandson of Queen Esther, Cyrus

Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the Persian King Xerxes aka Ahasuerus has been a topic of discussion by scholars for centuries. In the book of Esther, she was admired for her courage, wisdom, timing, fasting and prayers, beauty, family loyalties, obedience to her foster parent aka cousin Mordecai, and love for the King. It is believed by many that Darius the Mede aka Median (see: Daniel 5,6) was Queen Esther's son and Cyrus was her grandson (read: Ezra 1-6).

According to Wikipedia, Darius, meaning "he who holds firm the good(ness)", organized the empire by dividing it into provinces and placing satraps to govern it. He organized Achaemenid coinage as a new uniform monetary system, along with making Aramaic the official language of the empire. He also put the empire in better standing by building roads and introducing standard weights and measures. Through these changes, the empire was centralized and unified.[4] Darius also worked on construction projects throughout the empire, focusing on Susa, Pasargadae, Persepolis, Babylon, and Egypt. He had the cliff-face Behistun Inscription carved to record his conquests, an important testimony of the Old Persian language. Darius is mentioned in the biblical books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Ezra–Nehemiah.

The name Cyrus could mean the sun. Karl Hoffmann suggested a translation of an Indo-European root "to humiliate", and accordingly "Cyrus" means "humiliator of the enemy in the verbal contest".[31] Cyrus in Elamite[35] the origin meant "He who bestows care.

King James Version of Holy Bible Isaiah 44: 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 45: 1-3 KJV 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

Ezra 1: 1-2 KJV 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Chronicles 36:22-23 KJV Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.