A MODEL OF the Second Temple of Jerusalem. (credit: Prof. Steven Fine) Work on the edifice was completed in the days of Persian king Darius ... to Jerusalem,” (II Kings 18:17).

Non-Jews were welcomed to offer gifts and sacrifices, recognizing the Temple as a place where heaven met earth. A MODEL OF the Second Temple of Jerusalem ... The Persian Empire had accumulated ...

Though Jerusalem ... Persia, whom the Jews had aided. Though later rebuilt, historians say that it was eventually abandoned. Yet another Jewish temple was erected at Leontopolis in Egypt in the ...