I say this with actual concern for his well-being, (not as a constant, long-time detractor trying to say he works as cointelpro,) but- Alex Jones seems to have really, really lost it… I cannot hear a whole show anymore. He ain't right. Either he's pretending to go absolutely nuts, or he is actually going nuts. HUGE difference from just 3 years ago. I have listened to him since 2011, but something has changed, it almost sounds like he's suffered a stroke, (unless he's completely drunk all the time now….) Just saying.
Which one?
There were 2.
As for the first one,
King David designed it.
His son, King Solomon built it, (with assistance from every tribe, and some workers and materials sent by King Hiram of Tyre.)
David an Solomon were both of the Tribe of Judah.
As for the 2nd one, Ezra, Nehemiah, and returning Israelites from their 70-year Babylonian captivity rebuilt it. The first had been utterly destroyed by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, when he conquered Jerusalem, and took many the princes (nobility) of Judah, along with certain associates in the Tribe of Benjamin and the Tribe of Levi into captivity in Babylon. The rest were put to death, and/or got away into the surrounding wilderness of Judea, and intermarried with non-Israelite peoples. (the inter-mixed peoples are still known as Samaritans today, and have lived in that area ever since about 600 B.C.
I believe all the returning Babylonian captives help build the 2nd Temple.
So, Benjamites, Judahites, and Levites are the 3 "Tribes" who built the 2nd Temple.
King Herod, (an Edomite puppet of imperial Rome) was 'installed' by the Romans, and sought to curry favor from the Jews by completely rebuilding the 2nd Temple 400 years later, (give or take few decades.) "Herod's Temple," as it was called, is still considered the "second Temple," because he built it around the smaller older, dilapidated structure, rather than demolishing the second structure first, deconstructing only what was not needed, and keeping the old Temple in service while building a more magnificent structure. Herod was not a Jew, (He was descended from Israel's brother Esau,) but Rome was a world Empire back then, and 'King Herod' was little more than a vassal 'Governor' of Judah. installed by the Romans to keep the Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and common people from uniting in rebellion against their militarily superior overlords. Installing a guy from the line of Esau, (Edomite) was a slick move on the part of the Romans. They knew that the Jewish people would never truly accept him as their actual King, so by pitting the Benjamites, Judahites, and Levites against one another, with an illegitimate king, Rome knew that their internal strife would keep them from revolting against the powers that be, (or were.)
The First Temple was built by all the tribes, at the behest of two kings from the Tribe of Judah.
The 2nd Temple was built by the 3 tribes of Israel that were left after the Babylonian conquest, Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. There may have been some Samaritans assisting, but they had a falling out with Israel shortly afterward, because they had intermarried with Edomites and Moabites in the area, (thus they were, and still are considered "mongrels" by the Pharisees. Sadducees, Scribes, and Priests.)
Fren, get off my back. I answered the anon's question truthfully as I could from the historical accounts that are available. If the was another account that stated the history of that time, I would draw from it also. I believe you will find Greek and Roman sources from the time of Alexander the Great, that collaborate the stories of an existing Temple in Jerusalem during the Greek conquest of the area in about 323 B.C. Look up "Antiochus Epihanes" "John Hyrcanus"and "Judas Maccabee." Read the secular accounts if you need to verify that my sources are valid historical documents from that time period.
Otherwise- take you intentional ignorance elsewhere. I do not care for your illiterate gibberish. The Anon asked a question, and I answered his question as factually as I could.
You are a Wikipedian, Stormfront Trooper of the highest order.
You have no sources other than your own imagination.
My response is based on the written, religious and secular historical accounts of what occurred in that area of the world during the time frames mentioned by the Anon who asked the question.
The answer I gave can be found reading history written by Persian, Greek and Roman writers. in addition to the Bible. You think I was taught about Pliny, Philo, Herodotus, and Al Biruni (as well as Biblical accounts compiled by Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel, etc) in some miserable Public School somewhere within the last 25 years?
You're projecting your poor study ethics, and lack of adequate education onto me.
Go dig into the written history of the Middle East from that time period, (King Darius, King Cyrus to Alexander the Great, to Antiochus Epiphanes, to Herod the Great,) then you can get back to me about this.