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Fifty-two years after the destruction of the First Temple, Cyrus, king of Persia, granted the Jews of Babylonia permission to return to the Land and rebuild the Temple. Yet only 42,000 volunteered to ascend. The returnees settled in Jerusalem and its surroundings, built the altar, offered sacrifices upon it, and prepared to build the Temple. […]