About 200 years in advance ​ — long before the king was born — ​ the Hebrew prophet Isaiah mentioned Cyrus by name and described how he would conquer the mighty city of Babylon.
कोरेशने लढवलेल्या या युक्‍तीमुळे पाण्याची पातळी कमी झाली आणि सैन्याला शहरात शिरणं शक्य झालं.