Q. Was there already a third Beth Hamikdash built and destroyed shortly after?
A. Although, some historians argue that this actually happened, it is not our common accepted and proper belief..
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Y. Hirshman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu, Horav Kalman Ochs, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting in need Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a