Cyrus is usually remembered as the king of the Medes and Persians who had been prophesied about in Isaiah. God used Cyrus to restore the city of Jerusalem and the Temple.
Isaiah 44:26 Confirming the word of His servant And performing the purpose of His messengers. It is I who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited!' And of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be built.' And I will raise up her ruins again.
44:27 "It is I who says to the depth of the sea, 'Be dried up!' And I will make your rivers dry.
44:28 "It is I who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd! And he will perform all My desire.' And he declares of Jerusalem, 'She will be built,' And of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.'"
But God also prophesied about Josiah getting rid of all the idolatrous altars.
1 Kings 13:1 Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
13:2 He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'"
So what is this all about? After over 300 years, God raised up Josiah to undo all the evil done throughout Judah. Of course destroying all the places of idol worship does not by itself restore godly worship.
2 Kihgs 23:16 Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
23:17 Then he said, "What is this monument that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel."
23:18 He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
Who was this other prophet from Samaria? The lying old prophet who deceived the man from Judah!
1 Kings 13:28 He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
13:29 So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
13:30 He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"
13:31 After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
13:32 "For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria."
God’s Word will come to pass, no one and nothing can interfere, negate, or curtail God’s plans in any way. God’s patience, mercy are often ignored and seldom proclaimed. However, God’s judgment is coming and will bring the world to it’s knees.