Solomons Temple

The story of the temple begins with King Solomon's father, King David. He commanded that all of his people should be counted. One day, he saw an angel, sent by God, to strike down all of the people as a punishment for David's pride. King David repented and bought the land where he saw the angel. He gathered treasures from foreign lands and his people to build a great temple to God, but his son Solomon did the actual construction. He went to Hiram, King Tyre in Phoenicia to hire workers since the Jews were not skilled in the arts. He hired experts in masonry, brass working and carpentry. The measurement used to construct the temple was the cubit. Even though there are many different translations of exactly how

. . .
It had one door entering into each courtyard. The pillars did not support the temple but were for decoration.

When Solomon constructed the temple, there wasn't any wall to surround the temple, but later one was constructed by Judas Machabeus to wrap around the entire building and courtyards.

Outside the temple was a courtyard called the court of the priests. During a nine year span, Crassus, the procurator, took all of the riches out of it. It has been said that the elders who had experienced the Solomon's spectacular temple wept when they saw the new temple. By this time, they Jews did not have the ability to get skilled foreign workers and precious metals, so the temple was no where near the glory of its predecessor. The height of both chambers was twenty cubits, however the first chamber was longer by twenty cubits. The grounds of the courtyards were made of large stone slabs. The courtyard also had something called "the sea of molten".

In the front courtyard, right before the steps entering the temple was the altar of holocausts. Above these chambers was another area, ten cubits high, but no record says what this was used for. Inside this room was a golden table that priests would place the loaves of proposition on every Sunday.

Common topics in this essay:
Moses God, King Herod, Tyre Phoenicia, King David, Holy Inside, Ark Covenant, Jonathon Simon, Jehovah Testament, King Solomon, Judas Machabeus, twenty cubits, temple constructed, means holy, king david, ark covenant, cedar wood, holy holies, front courtyard, meaning house, attacks temple,

Approximate Word count = 1019
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Already a member? Click here