Solomon's Temple
First holy house
Solomon's Temple was the first Jewish temple in Jerusalem, built by King Solomon around the 10th century BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
It housed the Ark of the Covenant and served as the center of Israelite worship.
The temple appears throughout biblical literature and remains symbolically important in Judaism, Christianity, and Freemasonry: The design of Solomon's Temple influenced synagogue architecture for centuries.
- King DavidAncient Israel's greatest monarch
- Holy of HoliesTemple's innermost sacred chamber
- inner sanctuaryMost sacred interior space
- Dome of the RockIslamic shrine on Temple Mount
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
altar · burnt offerings · Ark of the Covenant · cherubim · sanctuary · tabernacle · Hiram · Boaz · Jerusalem · Ten Commandments · Holy Land · ancient Israel · veil · bronze · incense · gold · ark · court
- Bible Buildingstabernacle, Holy of Holies, holy place, house of God, Noah's Ark
- Biblical archaeologyDead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Jericho, ossuaries, ancient scrolls
- Biblical JerusalemCity of David, Mount Zion, Western Wall, Zion, Holy City
- Israelite Worshiptabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, high priest, burnt offering, sin offering
- Jewish Placesshul, beit midrash, mikvah, mikveh, yeshiva
- Jewish SitesWestern Wall, Masada, Jewish Quarter, City of David, Wailing Wall
monotheistic vs. polytheistic worship sites
Solomon's TempleTemple of Artemis
Ancient wonder honoring huntress goddess