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The Second Temple Period in the Old Testament
After king solomon, the nation of israel splits apart. The ten tribes in the north take their own king and the two tribes down south continue with kings in the line of david. Down south there are still two tribes left, judah,. the southernmost people, and benjamin, just to the north of them. A generation later that a new super power emerges, the persians. And for some reason they say, oh, all you jews, you can go back home if you like. But it was only a small number of them that did return.