The Many Failed Attempts to Rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem
<p>One of the holiest sites for the Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It was on this hill overlooking the rest of the city that King Solomon built the first Jewish Temple in 957BC in order to serve as the nucleus for the Israelite faith and as a means to protect the sacred Ark of the Covenant.</p>
<p>Solomon’s Temple would stand firm for centuries before the Sack of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonians in 587BC led to the destruction of the First Temple and the beginning of the era in Jewish history known as the Babylonian Captivity. Eventually, the Jews were granted permission by the Persian Emperor to return to Jerusalem in 516BC, where they rebuilt Solomon’s Temple to its former glory.</p>
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