No events are recorded for 537 BC.
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Cyrus permits the return to Judah
After conquering Babylon, the Persian king Cyrus the Great allowed exiled Judeans to return to Judah and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
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- King Cyrus the Great (Achaemenid Persian Empire)
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Babylonian exile
Nebuchadnezzar II deported the elite and much of the population of Judah to Babylon in waves beginning in 597 BC, with the largest deportation after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. The exile lasted until the Persian conquest of Babylon.
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- King Nebuchadnezzar II (Neo-Babylonian Empire)
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Cyrus permits the return to Zion and rebuilding of the Temple
After Babylon fell, the Persian king Cyrus issued a declaration allowing Jews who wished to return to Zion to do so and to rebuild the Temple.
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- Cyrus, king of Persia
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