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Rebuilding of the Temple
[Bible]The rebuilding of the Temple was the event in which the people of Judah, after returning from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the ruined Temple in Jerusalem. It is recorded in Ezra 1–6 and in Haggai and Zechariah, and the temple built at that time is called the Second Temple.
Aramaic
[Bible]Aramaic was the language of the ancient Arameans and served as the common language of the Near East during the Assyrian and Persian periods. Portions of Ezra and Daniel in the Old Testament were written in it, and it is widely regarded as the language Jesus spoke in everyday life.
Esarhaddon
[People]Esarhaddon was a king of Assyria who succeeded Sennacherib after Sennacherib was murdered by his sons. He is mentioned briefly by name in 2 Kings, Isaiah, and Ezra.
Joshua (High Priest)
[People]Joshua was the high priest who led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. The son of Jehozadak, he appears as "Jeshua" in Ezra and Nehemiah.
Shelomith
[People]Shelomith is a Hebrew name in the Old Testament borne by several different people recorded in Leviticus, Chronicles, and Ezra. The name was used for both men and women.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Nehemiah 8
[Bible]Nehemiah 8 records how, on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra read the book of the law in the square before the Water Gate in Jerusalem while the Levites explained its meaning, and how the people then kept the Feast of Tabernacles.
Meremoth
[People]Meremoth was a priest who served in Jerusalem after the return from exile. The son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, he received the temple silver and gold that Ezra brought, and in Nehemiah's time he repaired two sections of the city wall.
Meshullam
[People]Meshullam is a man in Nehemiah 3 of the Old Testament who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Several other people with the same name appear in 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
Malchijah
[People]Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.
Edict of Cyrus
[Bible]The Edict of Cyrus was a command issued by Cyrus, king of Persia, in the first year of his reign. It permitted the people of Judah who had been carried captive to Babylon to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple, and it is recorded in 2 Chronicles and Ezra.
Mahli (Son of Merari)
[People]Mahli was a grandson of Levi and a son of Merari, and the ancestor of the Levitical clan of the Mahlites. His name appears in the genealogies and lists of Levites in Exodus, Numbers, 1 Chronicles, and Ezra.
Zerubbabel
[People]Zerubbabel was a descendant of the royal house of David who led the people of Judah home from the Babylonian exile. He served as governor of Judah during the Persian period and, together with the high priest Jeshua, led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
[Bible]Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament. It records how the people of Judah, having returned from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.
Cyrus
[People]Cyrus, known in general history as Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great, was a king of the ancient Persian Empire. The Bible records him as the ruler who permitted the people of Judah held captive in Babylon to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Return from Exile
[Bible]The return from exile was the return of the people of Judah, who had been carried off to Babylon, to Jerusalem in several waves after the decree of Cyrus, king of Persia, and their rebuilding of the temple and the city walls.
Languages of the Bible
[Bible]The languages of the Bible are the original languages in which the Bible was first written. The Old Testament was written mainly in Hebrew, with some portions in Aramaic, and the New Testament was written in Greek (ancient Greek).
Darius
[People]Darius is the name of several kings of the Persian period mentioned in the Bible. The best known are Darius king of Persia, who permitted the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and Darius the Mede, who had Daniel cast into the lions' den.
Targum
[Bible]The Targum is a body of Jewish literature that translates and paraphrases the Hebrew Old Testament into Aramaic. It arose from the post-exilic synagogue practice of reading the Hebrew text aloud and then rendering it orally into Aramaic.
Bithiah
[People]Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.