Herod the Great Starts to Rebuild The Second Temple
Herod clashed with the Jews throughout his reign, especially the religious Jews and those opposing his rule, brutally persecuting them. In the 18th year of his reign, Herod announced that he would raze the former Temple built by the returnees from Babylon and build a more glorious one in its place. His plan was met with fierce scepticism. In an effort to gain their trust and make amends for his cruelty towards the rabbis, Herod prepared all the materials before the construction commenced.
Josephus, Antiquities, 15.11.1
“And now Herod, in the eighteenth year of his reign…undertook a very great work; that is to build of himself the Temple of G-d, and make it larger in compass, and to raise it to a most magnificent altitude…”
The construction was finished in the record time of a year and a half. Watch the video by the City of David Megallim Institute, courtesy of the Gol Family and George Blumenthal, showing how the magnificent edifice was constructed.
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Josephus, Antiquities, 15.11.1
“And now Herod, in the eighteenth year of his reign…undertook a very great work; that is to build of himself the Temple of G-d, and make it larger in compass, and to raise it to a most magnificent altitude…”
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