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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the first Jewish rebellion, the Romans ____
A
gave the Jews what they wanted
B
rewarded the bravest Jewish fighters
C
destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -However, in Judaea, the campaign against the Jews continued under Vespasian’s son, Titus. In 70 AD, the Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and looted its sacred contents. With the revolt over for good, huge numbers of Jews left Judaea to make a home elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to contemporary accounts, the Babylonian Army destroyed the First Temple in 586 B.C. The ark of the covenant disappeared, possibly hidden from the conquerors.

Detailed explanation-3: -As has been well-known for millennia, in either 587 or 586 B.C.E., the forces of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylonia, served a deadly blow to the small and rebellious Kingdom of Judah. They wiped it off the map, deported large swathes of its population, and destroyed its holy temple, the Temple of Solomon.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, the Jews of the Kingdom of Judea went into exile. In 538 BCE during the reign of Cyrus the Great, the Jews returned to Jerusalem and were able to build the Second Temple on the site of the original one that had been destroyed.

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