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Second Temple
The
Second Temple
was an important
Jewish
Holy Temple
(,
Bet HaMikdash HaSheni
; :
Beit al-Quds
) which stood on the
Temple Mount
in
Jerusalem
during the
Second Temple period
, between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It replaced
Solomon's Temple
(the First Temple) which was destroyed by the
Neo-Babylonian Empire
in 586 BCE, when Jerusalem was conquered and a portion of the population of the
Kingdom of Judah
was taken into
exile in Babylon
.
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