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Following the exile Solomon's ruined temple was rebuilt and became the focus of the Jewish faith worldwide.

Preparations for rebuilding the temple

Ezra 1:1-4 pp 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Cyrus gave permission for the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple (538 B.C.); Ezra 1:7 He sent back the temple treasures.

Rebuilding the temple under the leadership of Jeshua and Zerubbabel

Ezra 3:3-6,8-13; Ezra 4:1-3

Interruptions to the rebuilding

The Jews' enemies persuaded Artaxerxes to order the work to cease

Ezra 4:8,12-15,17,20-21,24

The prophets Haggai and Zechariah called Zerubbabel and the people to restart work

Haggai 1:4 See also Ezra 5:1-12; Haggai 1:5-7,14-15

The rebuilding authorised by King Darius

Ezra 5:3,11,13; Ezra 6:3-5,7-8

The dedication and worship of the rebuilt temple

Ezra 6:16; Ezra 7:11-17

The post-exilic temple and its worship was regarded as the spiritual centre for Jews worldwide

Psalm 87:1-7; Psalm 135:21

The temple is the place where God is to be praised

Psalm 100:4; Psalm 134:1-2 See also Psalm 135:19-20; Psalm 138:2

Prophecies of restoration of the temple

Zechariah 1:16 See also Jeremiah 31:6,23; Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 40:1-43:27

See also

7766  priests
7772  prophets
8622  worship
8664  praise