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About 70 years later

This begins a new event when Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Israel from exile in Babylon. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent)

70 years later

This refers to the 70 years that had passed since the Babylonian army took the people of Jerusalem into exile.

Cyrus

Cyrus was also called Cyrus the Great. The name Cyrus meant like the sun in the Persian language. However, since Cyrus was an important historical person, it might be best to transliterate his name rather than translating the meaning.

the Persian Empire

The Persian Empire grew to cover the area from central Asia to Egypt. It was located in the region of what is Iran today.

The Israelites were now called Jews

This could also be translated as: “People now called the Israelites by the name Jews.’”

the land of Judah

That is, the area where the kingdom of Judah was located before the Exile. Jerusalem was the capital city of Judah.