Lux Domini
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Key themes

Justice and mercyReturnTempleTorah

Glossary

Jerusalem Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.

Judea Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Jerusalem.

Persia Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell Hagmatana.