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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. Temple in Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Solomon or First Temple consisted of four main elements: the Great or Outer Court, where people assembled to worship; [35] the Inner Court [36] or Court of the Priests; [37] and the Temple building itself, with. the larger Holy Place (hekhal), called the "greater house" [38] and the "temple" [39] and

  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. Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) - Wikipedia

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    The city and Solomon's Temple were plundered and destroyed, and most of the Judeans were taken by Nebuzaradan into captivity in Babylon, with only a few people permitted to remain to tend to the land (Jeremiah 52:16). Archaeological evidence confirms that the city was systematically destroyed by fire.

  6. Category:Solomon's Temple - Wikipedia

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    Replicas of Solomon's Temple (12 P) Pages in category "Solomon's Temple" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.

  7. Solomon's Porch - Wikipedia

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    Solomon's Porch, Portico or Colonnade (στοα του Σολομωντος; John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12), was a colonnade or cloister, located on the eastern side of the Temple's Outer Court (Women's Court) in Jerusalem, named after Solomon, King of Israel, and not to be confused with the Royal Stoa, which was on the southern side of Herod's Temple.

  8. Western Wall - Wikipedia

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    According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple was built atop what is known as the Temple Mount in the 10th century BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, [24] and the Second Temple completed and dedicated in 516 BCE. Around 19 BCE Herod the Great began a massive expansion project on the Temple Mount.

  9. Architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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    The walls are quartz monzonite (which has the appearance of granite) from Little Cottonwood Canyon, located twenty miles (thirty-two kilometres) southeast of the temple. It is the largest temple in the church, featuring a large underground area. The walls of the Temple are nine feet thick at the base and six feet thick at the top.