The period of the “Return from Exile” is associated with which Persian King’s decree?

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Source: JAMB · 2023

The period of the “Return from Exile” is associated with which Persian King’s decree?

  1. King Cyrus ✓
  2. King Darius
  3. King Artaxerxes
  4. King Xerxes
Explanation

After Babylon fell to Persia, King Cyrus issued a decree allowing the Jews to go home and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:1-4).

Darius and Artaxerxes were later Persian kings who also supported the work, but the first decree was Cyrus’s.

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