John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:3
And I will give thee treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places ,.... What had been laid up in private places, and had not seen the light for many years. The Jewish Rabbins say F6 Vide Abendana in Miclol Yophi in Ioc. , that Nebuchadnezzar having amassed together all the riches of the world, when he drew near his end, considered with himself to whom he should leave it; and being unwilling to leave it to Evilmerodach, he ordered ships of brass to be built, and filled them... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:1-4
Cyrus was a Mede, descended (as some say) from Astyages king of Media. The pagan writers are not agreed in their accounts of his origin. Some tell us that in his infancy he was an outcast, left exposed, and was saved from perishing by a herdsman's wife. However, it is agreed that, being a man of an active genius, he soon made himself very considerable, especially when Croesus king of Lydia made a descent upon his country, which he not only repulsed, but revenged, prosecuting the advantages he... read more