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Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who
returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra). The date is
generally thought to have been between 538 and 520 BCE. Zerubbabel also laid the foundation of the
Second Temple in Jerusalem soon after.
In all of the accounts in the Hebrew Bible that mention Zerubbabel, he is always associated with the high
priest who returned with him, Joshua (Jeshua) son of Jozadak (Jehozadak). Together, these two men led
the first wave of Jewish returnees from exile and began to rebuild the Temple (Ezra). Kessler describes
the region of Judah as a small province that contained land moving 25km from Jerusalem and was
independently ruled prior to the Persian rule. Zerubbabel was the governor of this province. King Darius I
of Persia appointed Zerubbabel governor of the Province. It was after this appointment that Zerubbabel
began to rebuild the Temple
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