Second Temple in Jerusalem

E8389

Jewish temple destroyed building religious building

The Second Temple in Jerusalem was the central Jewish sanctuary rebuilt after the Babylonian exile and stood as the focal point of Jewish religious life until its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Second Temple	23
Second Temple in Jerusalem canonical	10
Jerusalem Temple	2
Temple in Jerusalem	2
Herod's Temple	1
Jerusalem Second Temple	1
Rebuilding of the Second Temple	1
Second Temple (traditional view)	1
Second Temple period Jerusalem	1
Temple of Solomon	1
TempleInJerusalem	1
the temple in Jerusalem	1
בית המקדש השני	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish temple ⓘ destroyed building ⓘ religious building ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Aramaic ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Second Temple architecture ⓘ
associatedGroup	Essenes ⓘ Pharisees ⓘ Sadducees ⓘ Zealots ⓘ
associatedWith	Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ Zerubbabel ⓘ The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: prophet Haggai prophet Zechariah ⓘ
centralFunction	central sanctuary of Judaism ⓘ pilgrimage center ⓘ site of sacrificial worship ⓘ
completedBefore	70 CE ⓘ
constructionBegan	late 6th century BCE ⓘ
country	Judea ⓘ
dedicatedTo	God ⓘ surface form: God of Israel
destroyedBy	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman legion ⓘ surface form: Roman legions under Titus
destroyedDuring	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
destructionYear	70 CE ⓘ
followedBy	Herodian enclosure ⓘ surface form: Herodian Temple complex
governedBy	high priest ⓘ
housed	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Holy of Holies altar of burnt offering ⓘ
languageOfRitual	Hebrew ⓘ
legacy	Western Wall ⓘ surface form: Western Wall as surviving retaining wall
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedOn	Temple Mount ⓘ
majorRenovationBy	Herod the Great ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible New Testament ⓘ writings of Josephus ⓘ
partOf	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Second Temple period
pilgrimageFestivalsObserved	Passover ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ
precededBy	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: First Temple
rebuiltAfter	Babylonian exile ⓘ
rebuiltUnder	Cyrus the Great ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ Persian rule ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
renovationBegan	late 1st century BCE ⓘ
significance	focal point of Jewish religious life ⓘ symbol of Jewish national identity ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judaism → hasHistoricalTemple → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Roman destruction of the Second Temple → notableStructureDestroyed → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Temple Mount → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herod's Temple

First Temple in Jerusalem → successor → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Second Temple Judaism → centralPlaceOfWorship → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Return to Zion → centralInstitution → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Herod the Great → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Sulayman → built → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: TempleInJerusalem

Holy Place → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Aaronic priesthood → religiousBuildingUsed → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Kodashim → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Zerubbabel → oversawConstructionOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Joshua son of Jehozadak → activity → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rebuilding of the Second Temple

Joshua son of Jehozadak → placeOfActivity → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Table of the Shewbread → usedIn → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Tribe of Levi → religiousCenterAssociation → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Holy of Holies → partOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Solomon

Holy of Holies → partOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Holy of Holies → destroyedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Mount Moriah → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

land of Moriah → connectedTo → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple (traditional view)

Aristobulus I → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple in Jerusalem

Simon Thassi → religiousBuildingManaged → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Luke 24 → locationMentioned → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: the temple in Jerusalem

Caiaphas → servedIn → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem Temple

Caiaphas → associatedWithPlace → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Book of Haggai → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Most Holy Place → locatedInStructure → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Foundation Stone → associatedWithBuilding → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Middot → describes → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Yehud (Persian province) → centralInstitution → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Sheshbazzar (in some interpretations) → associatedWithStructure → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Sheshbazzar

High Priest of the returned exiles → centralInstitution → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Priestly family of Zadok → basedIn → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Joiakim son of Jeshua → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Herodian street → partOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple period Jerusalem

Herodian street → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Bein haMetzarim → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

Seleucus IV Philopator → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple in Jerusalem

Korban Musaf → offeredAt → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Sanhedrin → associatedWithBuilding → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Solomon's Temple → successor → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

מוריה → associatedWithStructure → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: בית המקדש השני

Har HaBayit → wasSiteOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Temple

Simon ben Boethus → officeLocation → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem Temple

Hellenistic–Roman Judea → hasKeySite → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem Second Temple