However, in 520 BC fresh encouragement was given to them by their governor Zerubbabel (a descendant of the royal family of Judah), by the high priest Jeshua and by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. An order was obtained from the new Persian king, Darius, confirming the permission previously given by Cyrus. A new temple was dedicated seventy years after the previous one had been burnt by the Babylonians. From this time until AD 70 we have to do with the period of the Second Temple. One thing the
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