3779972 The return of the exiles. - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: The return of the exiles to Zion. King Cyrus issued decree for the Jews to return from Babylon to their native land and rebuild the Temple c. 539-538 BCE. The vessels of gold and silver were returned to Sheshbazzar, Prince of Judah, to be brought back to Zion. Ezra I: 5. \' Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem\'. Illustration by William Hole 1846 - 1917 Old Testament History by William Hole, 1925 Eyre & Spottiswoode, London); Lebrecht History.