Zerubavel ben She'altiel. He was the grandson of the last king of the First Temple period.
King Nimrod was the first.
It is believed that the first person to discover Babylon was Claudius James Rich. He started what is documented as the first excavation of the site in 1811.
Daniel, already in exile in Babylon, supplies us this scripture: Daniel 9.2. In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And this revelation inspired him to pray and repent for himself and for his people, in Daniel 9.3 to 21
The Melodians' were the first group to sing the song 'By The Rivers Of Babylon'. There have been many groups reproduce the religious song since it was first performed.
It was called the First Exile or the First Captivity.
Zerubbabel, a governor appointed by the Persian king Cyrus, led the first return of the exiles back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.
About twenty-four years.
No, Ezra did not build the new temple in Jerusalem. The temple was rebuilt by Zerubbabel, a governor of the Persian Empire, around 515 BC. Ezra was a scribe and priest who played a role in the restoration of Jewish laws and religious practices after the temple was rebuilt.
Babylon sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the first temple in 586 BC and the Hebrews were expelled from their territory. When finally allowed to return to Israel, many decided to remain in Babylon or Egypt. From then on some of the Hebrew people have remained outside of Israel and are considered part of the diaspora. The Jews were again scattered when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD. Even today the majority of Jewish people live outside Israel.
First wave: Zerubavel Second wave: Ezra
God used the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar to sack Jerusalem ca. 605-586BC and take them captive to Babylon for 70 years because they had not given the land its yearly Sabbatical rest for 490 years. Some returned with Zurubbabel and Joshua in the first return (Ezra 1 - 6) to rebuild God's Temple ca. 539BC, some with Ezra in the second return (Ezra 7 - 10) in 458BC, and Nehemiah led the the third and final return to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem ca. 445BC.
Two Jewish temples have been constructed in Jerusalem, historically. Both stood at the same location. It's the raised ground immediately to the east of the "Wailing Wall" in modern Jerusalem. That wall is a section of the perimeter boundary of the area on which both Temples stood, and is the only remaining relic of the physical structure of either Temple.
Adam and Eve were the first people to be exiled in the bible.
Babylon's first dynasty was called "Amorites".
Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
This was King Cyrus. Or as history knows him, Cyrus the Great. His cupbearer was Nehemiah. Nehemiah asked to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls and Cyrus let him go. After Nehemiah, Ezra came and instituted many of the religious reforms that. gave modern Judaism the form it has today
Zerubbabel was a governor of the Persian province of Yehud, and a descendant of the House of David. He played a key role in the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He is a significant figure in Jewish history and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.