Ezra 1; 3-7 & Nehemiah 2; 4-6; 8 -- Part 1 : Dr. Jared W. Ludlow
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When cyrus allows the jews to return, we're not talking the kingdom of israel is back. We're talking a small portion of those who were exiled return to just jerusalem. But that doesn't mean everybody. It mostly means the upper class, the elite, the ones that they are worried about revolting and organizing some kind of rebellion. This is the beginnings of what later become known as the samaritans - this intermarriage between people left in the land, people from outside. And so when some of these jews come back from babylon to rebuild temple, there want to help because they don't feel like they've corrupted themselves. I guess you could say you
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