The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY AND KNIGHTS TEMPLARsippa with part of his army,where he surrenderedto Cyrus under honorable terms, Cyrus bestowingon the dethroned king- the governorship of theprovince of Cannania. Cyrus constitutes his uncle"Darius the Median"* king of Babylon, whoreigned two yearstill the time of his death.DuringCAPTURE OF BABYLON.liis reign Daniel was cast into the lions' den ('Dan.vi. ). In 536 15. C., Cyrus succeeded to the wholeempire, and in the first year of his reign the Jewishcaptivity terminated. Cyrus, from his conversationswith Daniel and other Jewish captives oflearning and piety, as well as from the perusal oftheir sacred books, more especially the propheciesof Isaiah, had become imbued with a knowledge ofTOO