During the Persian period, the building of the "2nd temple" took place. The building of the temple was confusing for many Jewish during this period because Ezekiel had a vision of a "mobile throne of God". The mobile throne of God is written in the same apocalyptic style as his other visions, and God moves with the help of wheels instead of poles. The Arc of the Covenant is not found in the list of things found in Jerusalem and in Ezekiel's vision, it is replaced by his mobile throne of the God. Ezekiel's vision was probably that the arc of the covenant was replaced by something that had more mobility for the god.
The Persians were more diplomatic than the Babylonians. They allowed the Jewish people to return to their homeland, but subjected them to heavy taxes. One interesting fact was that a Persian became the high priest of Jerusalem. Previously, all messiahs were part of the divinic line of David but that tradition disappeared after Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians.
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