Governors of The Persian Province of Judea
Persia succeeded Babylonia 538 BCE and King Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. The following are governors of the Persian Province of Judea.
- Zerubbavel The grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra). The date is generally thought to have been between 538 and 520 BC.
- Nehemiah Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem in 445 as governor of Judah, appointed by Artaxerxes.
- Hananiah
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