g. 60). Each region had two leaders and duties to collect taxes for the King and keep that region in order. Darius supported the Jews of Judea because Judea would provide a stable amount of income from the taxes, which would ultimately help Persia's war campaigns (Berquist, Pg. 61). Darius also funded the construction of a Jerusalem temple, which the Persians used as a base for its local bureaucracy (ibid. Pg. 67). A strengthened administrative base (the temple) along the Persian army's path in wars would facilitate the creation of food and supplies for the passing army and provide the army with a safe passage during wars. (Ibid. Pg 63). According to the Hebrew Bible:
             "(Chapter4)...the house of God in Jerusalem stopped and was discontinued until the second year of the reign of King Darius...(chapter 6)...the house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius..."
             In this period, many Jews in Iran prospered greatly due to the ways they were Jews. Some Jews in Persia opted not to ret
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