Exile and Return
The Return from Exile
WHAT HAPPENED
The event
Persian king Cyrus permitted Jewish exiles to return, rebuild the temple, and restore worship in Jerusalem.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
The return reveals God’s faithfulness to His promises and the possibility of renewal after judgment.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.”
Ezra 8:22
“And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.”
Ezra 3:11
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