<P> The Second Temple ( Hebrew : בֵּית ־ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי ‬ , Beit HaMikdash HaSheni ) was the Jewish holy temple which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period , between 516 BCE and 70 CE . According to Jewish tradition , it replaced Solomon 's Temple ( the First Temple ) , which was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE , when Jerusalem was conquered and part of the population of the Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile to Babylon . </P>
<P> The Second Temple ( Hebrew : בֵּית ־ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי ‬ , Beit HaMikdash HaSheni ) was the Jewish holy temple which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period , between 516 BCE and 70 CE . According to Jewish tradition , it replaced Solomon 's Temple ( the First Temple ) , which was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE , when Jerusalem was conquered and part of the population of the Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile to Babylon . </P>
why was the second temple of jerusalem built
why was the second temple of jerusalem built
replaced Solomon 's Temple ( the First Temple ) , which was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE , when Jerusalem was conquered and part of the population of the Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile to Babylon
replaced Solomon 's Temple ( the First Temple ) , which was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE , when Jerusalem was conquered and part of the population of the Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile to Babylon