The Jews of Jerusalem, in their Sassanid-sponsored…

The Jews of Jerusalem, in their Sassanid-sponsored revolt against Heraclius, have gained complete control over the city, and much of Judea and Galilee has become an autonomous Jewish province of the Persian Empire.

The Jewish Temple is rebuilt by the Persian-appointed ruler Nehemiah ben Hushiel (son of the Jewish exilarch), who has begun the work of making arrangements of the rebuilding of the Temple, and sorting out genealogies to establish a new High Priesthood.