Bible map of exiled Jews returning to Israel
Exiled Jews return to Israel
Jews return home from the Exile
Jews return home from the Exile
Jews return home from the Exile
Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar, prince of Judah, lead 50,000 Jews home, beginning in 538 BC. With a Persian military escort, they took a longer and safer route, following water sources. Almost a century after the first Jews returned to Israel, Ezra led a group. Ezra took the shorter route, with a long walk through a dangerous part of the Arabian Desert. Nehemiah came last and furthest, from Persia’s capital of Susa. He repaired Jerusalem’s walls. Jews return home from the Exile