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The king had conquered Jerusalem in the early sixth century B.C. and exiled the Hebrews to Babylon. The Bible says that he also stole sacred objects from the Jewish temple and took them back to ...

The temple had been rebuilt three times. The first was when it had been destroyed in 587 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia. The second was when it had been plundered and wrecked by Judaea’s ...

A group of Israeli ministers and MKs sent a letter to members of the US Congress, calling for official recognition of the ...

Solomon’s temple was built after the middle of the tenth century BCE and served Israel for almost four hundred years before it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 BCE. The sacking ...