Then, Artaxerxes I or possibly Darius II sent Ezra and Nehemiah to rebuild the city's walls and to govern Judea, which was ruled as Yehud province under the Persians.

Following the destruction of the Temple, Rome governed Judea through a Procurator at Caesarea, which had always been the Roman provincial capital, and a Jewish Patriarch.

He was a contemporary to the Herodian Dynasty governing Judea and the surrounding territories.

All four Canonical gospels state that Jesus was crucified at Calvary during the prefecture of Pontius Pilate, the Roman who governed Judea.

During this period, Rome governed Judea through a Procurator at Caesarea and a Jewish Patriarch.

There is a possibility that Jonathon may have been Alexander Jannaeus, the High Priest and Hasmonean ruler who governed Judea from 103 BC-76 BC who was the second husband of Salome Alexandra.

Jonathon may have been Alexander Jannaeus, the High Priest and Hasmonean ruler who governed Judea from 103 BC-76 BC.

Following the destruction of the Temple, Rome governed Judea through a procurator at Caesarea and a Jewish Patriarch.