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What happened to Israelites after Babylon?

What happened to Israelites after Babylon?

After the exile, Judah was politically rebuilt as a Persian satrapy, a semi-autonomous administrative province, ruled by a priestly elite that remigrated from Babylonia and whose views and attitudes were shaped by the religious blue-prints for reconstruction drafted in the exile.

How did Israel return from Babylon?

According to the books of Ezra–Nehemiah, a number of decades later in 538 BCE, the Jews in Babylon were allowed to return to the Land of Israel, due to Cyrus’s decree. Initially, around 50,000 Jews made aliyah to the land of Israel following the decree of Cyrus as described in Ezra, whereas most remained in Babylon.

When were the Israelites freed from Babylon?

538 bce
The captivity formally ended in 538 bce, when the Persian conqueror of Babylonia, Cyrus the Great, gave the Jews permission to return to Palestine.

Why did God send the Israelites to Babylon?

In the Hebrew Bible, the captivity in Babylon is presented as a punishment for idolatry and disobedience to Yahweh in a similar way to the presentation of Israelite slavery in Egypt followed by deliverance.

When did the Israelites return to Babylon to rebuild the temple?

Return to build the Temple We are also told by Ezra (Ezra 1:1) that Cyrus, king of Persia, in his first year (1styear of ruling over Babylon, not his first year of his official reign) made a proclamation that the Israelites were to return to their homeland to rebuild the Temple.

Is it true that the Israelites are leaving Babylon?

Yes, the Israelites are leaving Babylon. How did they get free? Who let them go? Cyʹrus, the king of Persia, did. Long before Cyʹrus was born, Jehovah had his prophet Isaiah write about him: ‘You will do just what I want you to do. The gates will be left open for you to capture the city.’ And Cyʹrus did take the lead in capturing Babylon.

How did the people of Judah return from Babylon?

The Return from Babylon The people of Judah were horribly distressed. They lost their home, their city, their pride, their Temple, the ark of the covenant, and they were taken as prisoners to Babylon, the homeland of idolatry. But God raised up great men to remind them of Jeremiah’s prophesies, that they would only be there for 70 years.

Why did Ezra go to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple?

Also, Ezra, a contemporary with Nehemiah, a scholar of scripture, and a priest, requested also to go to Jerusalem, moved by God. Years before Ezra, Cyrus, who defeated the Babylonians, issues a decree that the Jews may return home and rebuild the temple. Both 2 Chronicles and Ezra tell us about this. And so they did!

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