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Return to Zion. The return to Zion ( Hebrew: שִׁיבָת צִיּוֹן or שבי ציון, Shivat Tzion or Shavei Tzion, lit. ' Zion returnees') is an event recorded in Ezra–Nehemiah of the Hebrew Bible, in which the Jews of the Kingdom of Judah —subjugated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire —were freed from the Babylonian captivity ...
Cyrus the Great issues the Edict of Cyrus allowing Babylonian Jews to return from the Babylonian captivity and rebuild the Temple (Biblical sources only, see Cyrus (Bible) and The Return to Zion ). [10] The first wave of Babylonian returnees is Sheshbazzar's Aliyah. The second wave of Babylonian returnees is Zerubbabel's Aliyah.
Zion. Zion ( Hebrew: צִיּוֹן Ṣīyyōn, LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion, [1] Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon) [2] is a placename in the Hebrew Bible, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem [3] [4] as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole. The name is found in 2 Samuel ( 2 Sam 5:7 ), one of the books of the Hebrew Bible dated ...
Jerusalem during the Second Temple period describes the history of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, from the return to Zion under Cyrus the Great (c. 538 BC) to the siege and destruction the city by Titus during the First Jewish–Roman War (70 CE). [1] During this period, which saw the region and city change hands several times, Jerusalem was the center of religious life for all ...
The Babylonian conquest and aftermath In 587 BC, when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem, an ancient Greek version of the biblical third Book of Ezra, 1 Esdras, suggests that Babylonians took away the vessels of the ark of God, but does not mention taking away the Ark:
Explore the fascinating history of ancient Israel and Judah, from the origins of the Israelites to the Babylonian exile, on Wikipedia.
Psalm 137 is a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people during their Babylonian exile. In its whole form of nine verses, the psalm reflects the yearning for Jerusalem as well as hatred for the Holy City's enemies with sometimes violent imagery.
Knowing all the angles: Ancient Babylonians used tricky geometry. Ancient Babylonians Might Have Used Geometry to Track Jupiter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ancient Babylonian astronomers were way ...