Who allowed the Jews to return from exile and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Cyrus the Great, Emperor of Persia, allowed the Jews to return from exile. He promised funds from the royal treasury for rebuilding the temple, although this work apparently did not commence in his lifetime. A successor, Darius I, implemented his policy at the end of the sixth century BCE (Ezra 4-6).

Answer 2

While Artaxerxes according to the book of Nehemiah released the Israelites from exile, it was more likely Cyrus. He is the leader that is given this attribution in Ezra 1, and he is also given the title of messiah or "anointed one" in Isaiah 45:1. Artaxerxes is highly unlikely.

Answer 2

King Cyrus allowed the Jews to return after the first exile of the Jews (586-516 BCE) in Babylon.

However, there have been numerous Jewish exiles. The Romans exiled the Jews from Judea in year 70 CE. The English exiled the Jews from England in 1290 CE. Spain exiled the Jews in 1492 and Portugal followed suit in 1497, creating a Jew-free Iberia. All of these different exiles were ended at different times.

Answer 3

Most kings and leaders of most countries did not allow the Jews to return from whatever exiles and banishments they were suffering from, either because they did not care, they were not in power over the states that had banished Jews, or they believed that the banishment was proper because Jews were evil in their eyes.

Answer 4

Cyrus the Persian gave the intial permission; and around 20 years later (after a hiatus), Artaxerxes (son of Ahaseurus, a.k.a. Xerxes) bade them continue building, and contributed material assistance.

Answer 5

It depends on where they were returning to and coming back from.

Answer 6

In 538 BCE the Persian king Cyrus permitted Jews to return to Judah.