➢ Samaritans- are foreigners who ➢ Zerubbabel- His name means

married the descendants of the “planted in Babylon.” He represents

israelites the generation born in Babylonian
➢ Persian empire- are the empire captivity, and he leads a wave of
strong yet merciful when they people back to Jerusalem
conquer ➢ Ezra- a leader among the exiled
➢ Nebuchadnezzar- the king of Israelites in Babylon
Babylon who attacked the kingdom ○ a Torah scholar and teacher
of Judah and is appointed by
➢ Nehemiah- adult serving in the Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to
Persian royal court as the personal lead another wave of people
cupbearer to King Artaxerxes back to Jerusalem.
➢ Nehemiah- the last historical book ➢ prophet Malachi- did say that the
of the Old Testament. exiles should care about purity, he
➢ three key leaders who led the went on to say that God was
rebuilding efforts: opposed to divorce
○ Zerubbabel first led a large ➢ Nehemiah- who’s an Israelite official
group back to Jerusalem to serving in the Persian government
rebuild the temple ➢ prophet Zechariah- said that the
○ About 60 years later, Ezra new Jerusalem of God’s Kingdom
arrived in Jerusalem to teach would be a city without walls,
the Torah and to rebuild the surrounded by God’s presence and
community joined by people from all nations
○ Ezra Journeys from Babylon ➢ Feast of Tabernacles- to remember
to Jerusalem God’s faithfulness from the exodus
○ He was soon followed by and wilderness journeys.
Nehemiah, who led the ➢ Isaiah has been called the
rebuilding of Jerusalem’s "evangelistic prophet," because he
walls taught about how Christ the Messiah
➢ decree from Cyrus- he king of would come to redeem the lost.
Persia who is moved by God to ➢ Jeremiah has been called the
allow the exiles to return to "weeping prophet," because he
Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. wept over the continuing sin and
coming destruction of Jerusalem.
➢ Baruch- is the scribe and perhaps ➢ Nehemiah was a Hebrew living in
servant of Jeremiah the prophet. Persia where he served the king
➢ Amos- he was the first Hebrew ○ A cup-bearer of moses
prophet to have a biblical book ➢ Isaiah is widely regarded as one of
named for him. He accurately the greatest prophets of the Bible.
foretold the destruction of the His name means “YHWH (the
northern kingdom of Israel LORD) is salvation.
➢ According to the Book of Ezra
King Cyrus of Persia delivered the
Temple vessels, taken by
Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem, to
Sheshbazzar, the prince of the Jews,
who brought them to Jerusalem
during the return from Babylon.
➢ Sheshbazzar- was the son of King
Jehoiachin, which would make him
Zerubbabel's uncle
➢ Ezekiel- who is the prophet,
entertainer in such a beautiful voice
and plays instrument
➢ Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, a
priest from the land of Benjamin in
the village of Anathoth
➢ Amoz- father of Isaiah was a
descendant of Judah and Tamar,
and his father Amoz was the brother
of King Amaziah.
➢ Sons of Isiah:
○ “Shearjashub” “A Remnant
Shall Return.”
○ Mahershalalhashbaz-
"quickly to the plunder"
"Quickly to spoil, plunder
speedily."