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  2. Solomon's Temple - Wikipedia

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    Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple (Hebrew: בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן ‎, romanized: Bayyit Rīšōn, lit. 'First Temple'), was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE .

  3. Archaeological remnants of the Jerusalem Temple - Wikipedia

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    The term First Temple is customarily used to describe the Temple of the pre-exilic period, which is thought to have been destroyed by the Babylonian conquest. It is described in the Bible as having been built by King Solomon and is understood to have been constructed with its Holy of Holies centered on a stone hilltop now known as the Foundation Stone which had been a traditional focus of ...

  4. Temple in Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible says that the First Temple was built by King Solomon, [9] completed in 957 BCE. [10] According to the Book of Deuteronomy , as the sole place of Israelite korban (sacrifice), [ 11 ] the Temple replaced the Tabernacle constructed in the Sinai under the auspices of Moses , as well as local sanctuaries, and altars in the hills. [ 12 ]

  5. Timeline of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The first wave of Babylonian returnees is Sheshbazzar's Aliyah. The second wave of Babylonian returnees is Zerubbabel's Aliyah. The return of Babylonian Jews increases the schism with the Samaritans, who had remained in the region during the Assyrian and Babylonian deportations. 516 BCE: The Second Temple is built in the 6th year of Darius the ...

  6. Solomon - Wikipedia

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    Solomon's execution of Shimei was his first descent into sin. [15] According to 1 Kings 11:4 Solomon's "wives turned his heart after other gods", their own national deities, to whom Solomon built temples, thus incurring divine anger and retribution in the form of the division of the kingdom after Solomon's death (1 Kings 11:9–13).

  7. Hiram I - Wikipedia

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    According to the Bible, both kings grew rich through this trade, and Hiram sent Solomon architects, workmen, cedar wood, and gold to build the First Temple in Jerusalem. Josephus says that he also extended the Tyrean harbour, enlarged the city by joining the two islands on which it was built, and constructed a royal palace and a temple for ...

  8. Tisha B'Av - Wikipedia

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    The First Temple built by King Solomon was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, and the population of the Kingdom of Judah was sent into the Babylonian exile. [9] According to the Bible, the First Temple's destruction began on the 7th of Av (2 Kings 25:8) and continued until the 10th (Jeremiah 52:12).

  9. Temple denial - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. [6] [7] [8] According to Jewish tradition and scripture, the First Temple was built by King Solomon, the son of King David, in 957 BCE, and was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE.