# 1 Esdras 2:3

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras/2/3
- Book: [1 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras)
- Chapter: [1 Esdras 2](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras/2)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras#background-and-history
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Saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians; The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world,