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Postexilic

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Time in Israel's history between the return from Exile in Babylon in 538 B.C. and the Roman occupation in 63 B.C. During this period the Jews returned to Jerusalem and Palestine to rebuild what the Assyrians and Babylonians had destroyed. See Israel; Intertestamental History.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Postexilic'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/postexilic.html. 1991.

Bible Dictionaries Postexilic

Holman Bible Dictionary

Bible Dictionaries
Postexilic