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, 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 with it, and dug a place in Euphrates, and hid them in it,
and turned the river upon them; and that day that Cyrus ordered
the temple to be built, the Lord revealed them to him: the riches
of Croesus king of Lydia, taken by Cyrus, are meant; especially
what he found in Babylon, which abounded in riches, ( Jeremiah
51:13 ) . Pliny F7 says, when he conquered Asia, he
brought away thirty four thousand pounds of gold, besides golden
vessels, and five hundred thousand talents of silver, and the cup
of Semiramis, which weighed fifteen talents. Xenophon F8 makes
mention of great riches and treasures which Cyrus received from
Armenius, Gobryas, and Croesus: that thou mayest know that
I the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am
the God of Israel;
to call him by name two hundred years, or near it, before he was
born, was a proof that he was God omniscient, and knew things
before they were, and could call things that were not, as though
they were; and this Cyrus was made acquainted with; for, as
Josephus