![]() The story of Esther, the Queen of Xerxes I of Persia, occurs during this time of anti-Jewish hostility, between 483 and 473BC (see later in this section).Įzra 4:7-24 During the reign of Artaxerxes I (465-424BC), there is further opposition to the re-building of Jerusalem. Work begins on re-building the Temple in 536BC, and the Temple treasures, which had been taken to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar, are returned to Jerusalem. The re-building of the city walls comes to a halt during the reign of Xerxes I and the neighbouring tribes make raids on the city. Work stops until 520BC - the second year of the reign of Darius I (522-486BC) (see Ezra 4:24).Įzra 4:6 While discussing opposition to the re-building, the writer adds that, later, during the reign of Xerxes I (486 – 465BC), the enemies of Judah again persuade the king that Jerusalem may rebel against him if the city is rebuilt. He gives permission for Zerubbabel (the grandson of King Jehoiachin) and Yeshua (Joshua), a Jewish priest, to lead a second group home in 525BC.Įzra 3:1-6 Joshua rebuilds the altar of the Temple and celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles.Įzra 3:7-13 Cedars of Lebanon are brought by sea from Tyre and Sidon to the port of Joppa (modern-day Jaffa) to line the walls of the Temple.Įzra 4:1-5 During the eight-year reign of Cambyses (530-522BC), the enemies of Judah (neighbouring peoples such as the Samaritans) threaten to overthrow Jerusalem and the inhabitants are afraid to carry on re-building the Temple. Zerubbabel and Joshua accompany a second group of exiles returning to JerusalemĮzra 2:1-70 King Cyrus dies in 530BC and is succeeded by his son Cambyses. Work begins on re-building the Temple in 536BC, and the Temple treasures, which had been taken to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar, are returned to Jerusalem. The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following their defeat in the JewishBabylonian War and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. He is given the treasures taken from the Temple in Jerusalem and returns to Judah with the first group of exiles. The Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem (Herwig Reidlinger)Įzra 1:5-11 Sheshbazzar is made Governor of Judah by King Cyrus in 537BC (see Ezra 5:14). ![]() The Jewish exiles from Judah (the ‘Golah’) return to Jerusalem in four groups spread over 92 years between 537BC and 445BC. The return of the exiles is a gradual process spanning the following century. ![]() Jerusalem and Lachish were reconstructed at. He orders that groups of exiles within the Persian Empire should return home and worship their own gods (in order to pacify these gods and gain their approval for Cyrus’s empire). In 539 BC, the Persians defeated the Babylonians and allowed the exiles to return to Israel from 538445 BC. The later years of exile & the return to JudahĮzra 1:1-4 The Babylonian Empire is conquered by Cyrus, King of Persia, in 539BC. ![]()
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