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Who allowed Jewish exiles living in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their lives and the temple?

King Xerxes II
King Cyrus II
King Manasseh
King Nebuchadnezzar I

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King Cyrus II.

Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Babylon and issued a decree (recorded in Ezra 1 and the Cyrus Cylinder) allowing Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.