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The Israelite temple at Tel Arad in Judah, 10th to 8th/7th century BCE [123] and possibly dedicated to Yahweh [124] and Asherah. [125] The Jewish temple at Elephantine in Egypt, already standing in 525 BCE [126] The Israelite temple at Tel Motza, c. 750 BCE discovered in 2012 a few kilometres west of Jerusalem.
Tel Arad (Hebrew: תל ערד) or Tell 'Arad (Arabic: تل عراد, romanized: Tall ʿArād) is an archaeological tell, or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about 10 kilometres (6 miles) west of the modern Israeli city of Arad in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the Arad Plain.
The history of the Israelite people can be divided into these categories, according to the Hebrew Bible: [58] Pre-Monarchic Period (unknown to c. 1050 BCE) The Israelites were named after their ancestor, Jacob/Israel, who was the grandson of Abraham.
The earliest known Israelite place of worship is a 12th-century open-air altar in the hills of Samaria featuring a bronze bull reminiscent of the Canaanite El-bull. [18] Early Israel was a society of rural villages, but in time urban centers grew up and society became more structured and complex. [23]
[6] [10] The Second Temple also included many of the original vessels of gold that had been taken by the Babylonians but restored by Cyrus the Great. [10] [17] No detailed description of the Temple's architecture is given in the Hebrew Bible, save that it was sixty cubits in both width and height, and was constructed with stone and lumber. [18]
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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 ...