This event is discussed in the Book of Ezra or in the non-Biblical Cyrus Cylinder.
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Yes. In 539 BCE, King Cyrus the Great of Persia gave permission for the Jews of Babylon to return to their ancestral homeland and rebuild the Temple.
Jesus did not rebuild the temple.
Cyrus the Great.
The Jews of the Babylonian Exile were granted the right to return to the Land of Israel, and rebuild the Temple which had been destroyed by Nebuhadnetzer.
About 40,000 of them returned to the Holy Land and built the Second Temple. The rest remained in Babylonia and their other places of exile.
The tradition is that it was Cyrus the Great, king of Persia. Additionally: King Cyrus of Persia made a decree allowing the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. The construction of the Temple continued under King Darius and was completed in 516 BCE. (Ezra 6:15).
He made a proclamation inviting the Jews to return to Israel (Judea) and rebuild Solomon's Temple under Ezra. This made the Second Temple Era possible.
About 40,000 of the Hebrews aristocracy who had been deported to Babylon and were willing to return and try to recover land they claimed in Judah.
The Persian king Cyrus after he defeated the Babylonians, released the Israelites who were taken prisoners by the Assyrians He allowed them to take the temple vessels and helped rebuild the destroyed temple..
Because of his tolerant attitude, Cyrus permitted the Jews to return to Israel (Judea) and rebuild the Temple.
After defeating Babylon, Cyrus the Great of Persia allowed the Jews (and other people) to return to their homeland in 538 BCE.