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  2. Temple in Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ‎, Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس, Bayt al-Maqdis), refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Excavations at the Temple Mount - Wikipedia

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    The Anti-Defamation League's Abraham Foxman said work on the Temple Mount must stop immediately. "We are especially concerned because there is a history of Muslim religious leaders treating Israeli religious and cultural artifacts on the Temple Mount, not to mention the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, with contempt". [48]

  6. City of David (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    [21] [22] The City of David was the ancient epicenter of Jerusalem and whose boundaries stretched from the Temple Mount in the north, [22] thence southward to the Pool of Siloam, [22] including the area marking the Kidron brook in the east and the adjacent dale in the west. [22] Its area is about 50 dunams (ca. 12.3 acres). [22]

  7. Western Wall - Wikipedia

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    According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, requests had been made for many years that "an olive oil lamp be placed in the prayer hall of the Western Wall Plaza, as is the custom in Jewish synagogues, to represent the menorah of the Temple in Jerusalem as well as the continuously burning fire on the altar of burnt offerings in front of ...

  8. Old City of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    In spite of its name, the Old City of Jerusalem's current layout is different from that of ancient times. Most archeologists believe that the City of David, an archaeological site on a rocky spur south of the Temple Mount, was the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.

  9. Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Mount, which was the site of Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple, is the holiest site in Judaism and the place Jews turn towards during prayer. [ 205 ] [ 206 ] The Western Wall, a remnant of the wall surrounding the Second Temple, is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray. [ 207 ]