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The Temple of Solomon (First Temple)

The Temple of Solomon ( First Temple ) (Interactive 3D Architectural Model • 1 Kings 6 –7 & 2 Chronicles 3 –4): Architectural reconstruction of the First Temple built by King Solomon on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 6 –7), featuring the Ulam (Entrance Porch) flanked by the twin bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz , the Hekhal ( Holy Place ), the Debir ( Holy of Holies ), three-story side chambers, and the courtyard Molten Sea and Bronze Altar . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Solomon's Temple & Wisdom Literature—King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Solomon (Generation 34 • Messianic Line • Child of David ): Solomon is a biblical figure in Generation 34 of the Messianic Line , child of David , parent of Rehoboam . ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 , Matthew 1:6 ) (mentioned in 2 Samuel 5 , 1 Kings 1 , 1 Kings 2 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Solomon's Portico (KMZ:Solomons porch. Referenced in Acts 5:12 .) Solomon's (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 3:11 (identified with Jerusalem ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: The Temple of Solomon ( First Temple ) — Architectural reconstruction of the First Temple built by King Solomon on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 6 –7), featuring the Ulam (Entrance Porch) flanked by the twin bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz , the Hekhal ( Holy Place ), the Debir ( Holy of Holies ), three-story side chambers, and the courtyard Molten Sea and Bronze Altar . First Temple Period Jerusalem Scale Model — Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Song of Solomon 6:7 : "As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks."; John 10:23 : "And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch."; Song of Solomon 4:3 : "Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.". Related canonical books and chapters: 1 Kings 6 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)), The Wisdom of Solomon 7 ( The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 7 (30 verses)), Song of Solomon (Old Testament • 8 Chapters).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Interactive 3D Architectural Model • 1 Kings 6–7 & 2 Chronicles 3–4

Architectural reconstruction of the First Temple built by King Solomon on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 6 –7), featuring the Ulam (Entrance Porch) flanked by the twin bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz , the Hekhal ( Holy Place ), the Debir ( Holy of Holies ), three-story side chambers, and the courtyard Molten Sea and Bronze Altar .

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

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PDF • charts

Measured reconstruction of the First Temple according to 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 , and archaeological Iron Age parallels.

The Biblical World Editorial Board (1911) • University of Chicago Press / Internet Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — Solomon Dedicating the Temple in Jerusalem (1866)
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King Solomon spreading his hands toward heaven as the Shekinah cloud of God's glory fills the sanctuary.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Interactive 3D Museum Scale Model • 2 Samuel 5 & 1 Kings 6–9

Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Interactive 3D Architectural Model • Luke 2, John 2 & Acts 3

Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.

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Detailed structural diagram of the Second Temple esplanade, Court of the Gentiles, Soreg barrier, and Antonia Fortress.

The Biblical World Editorial Board (1912) • University of Chicago Press / Internet Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
1 Kings 6
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1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel , in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 7 (30 verses)

I myself also am mortal, like to all, And am sprung from one born of the earth, the man first formed, And in the womb of a mother was I moulded into flesh in the time of ten months, Being compacted in blood of the seed of man and pleasure that came with sleep. And I also, when ...

Song of Solomon
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Old Testament • 8 Chapters

Song of Solomon (Old Testament, 8 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , David , Baal . Key places: Solomon's , Jerusalem , Kedar , Sharon 1 , Lebanon , Zion . Opens with: "The song of songs, which is Solomon's ...."

From Cyrus to Titus: Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodian Monumentality, and the Roman Matrix

Comprehensive historical and archaeological consensus on the political, religious, and social landscape between the return from Babylonian Exile under Cyrus (538 BC) and the Roman destruction of the Second Temple (70 AD).

Solomon
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Generation 34 • Messianic Line • Child of David

Solomon is a biblical figure in Generation 34 of the Messianic Line , child of David , parent of Rehoboam . ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 , Matthew 1:6 )

οἰκία
oikia (oikía) [oy-kee'-ah]
G3614 Greek noun feminine 93x
a house, dwelling, at home

Primary meaning: a house, dwelling, at home, the household. Strong's: properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics). Lexical nuances: a house , dwelling : Mt 2:11 7:24-27 , Mk 1:29 , al.; ἐν οἰκίᾳ (= cl. κατ ̓ οἰκίαν ), at home , Lk 8:27 ; εἰς οἰ. , II Jo 10 ; οἰ , c. gen. pers., usually has the art. ( Mt 8:14 , al., but cf. οἶκος and v. Bl., § 46, 9); ἡ οἰ. τ. πατρός μου , Jo 14:2 . Metaph., of the body as the dwelling of the soul: II Co 5:1 ; of property (as בַּיִת , Ge 45:18 , LXX, τ. ὑπάρχοντα ; III Ki 13:8 , LXX, οἶκος )...

Derivation: from G3624 (οἶκος);
Acts 3
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Acts • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Moses , Nazareth , Solomon's .

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 10 (21 verses)

Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, And delivered him out of his own transgression, And gave him strength to get dominion over all things. But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, He perished himself in the r...

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Computer-generated 3D architectural visualization of the Second Temple complex in the 1st Century CE.

Jerusalem Historical Surveys • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Temple Warning Inscription — Greek Soreg Warning to Gentiles
IMAGE • archaeology

Limestone slab warning non-Jews on pain of death not to enter past the balustrade (soreg) into the inner Temple courts ( Acts 21:28 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.

Hazor Canaanite Lion Orthostat — Temple Guardian
IMAGE • archaeology

Basalt lion sculpture from the Late Bronze Age temple at Tel Hazor , 'the head of all those kingdoms' ( Joshua 11:10 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Solomon's Portico
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

KMZ:Solomons porch. Referenced in Acts 5:12 .

Dead Sea Scrolls — The Temple Scroll (11Q19) Column 23
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The longest scroll found at Qumran detailing God's divine architectural blueprint for the Temple.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 19 Chapters

The Wisdom of Solomon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 19 chapters). Key places: Sodom . Opens with: "Love righteousness, you⌃ that be judges of the earth, Think you⌃ of the Lord with a good mind, And in singleness of heart seek you⌃ him;..."

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 6 (25 verses)

Hear therefore, you⌃ kings, and understand; Learn, you⌃ judges of the ends of the earth: Give ear, you⌃ that have dominion over much people, And make your boast in multitudes of nations. Because your dominion was given you from the Lord, And your sovereignty from the Most High; ...

תְּפִלָּה
tepilla (tǝp̄illâ) [tef-il-LAW]
H8605 Hebrew noun feminine 77x
prayer, intercession, supplication

Prayer, liturgical supplication, intercessory appeal; core genre of Psalms ('A prayer of Moses', Psalm 90:1; Solomon's Temple prayer).

Derivation: From פָּלַל (H6419) to pray, arbitrate.
Interactive 3D Silver Coin • Exodus 30:13 & Matthew 17:24–27

High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

Solomon's
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 3:11 (identified with Jerusalem ).

1 Esdras 1
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1 Esdras • Chapter 1 (58 verses)

AND Josias held the passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month; having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in their vestments, in the temple of the Lord. And he spoke to the Levites , the temple-s... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Moses , Joram , Jerusalem , Egypt , Carchemish , Euphrates , Megiddo .

Song of Solomon • Chapter 1 (17 verses)

The song of songs, which is Solomon's . Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Mentions: Solomon , Solomon's , Jerusalem , Kedar .

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 8 (21 verses)

But she reaches from one end of the world to the other with full strength, And ordereth all things graciously. Her I loved and sought out from my youth, And I sought to take her for my bride, And I became enamoured of her beauty. She glorifieth her noble birth in that it is g...

The Essene Community, 1QS, 1QM, 4QMMT, and Messianic Matrix of the New Testament

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Khirbet Qumran (1947–1956) revolutionized understanding of the Hebrew Bible text, sectarian Jewish theology, messianism, and the historical matrix out of which Christianity emerged.

The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 3 (19 verses)

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, And no torment shall touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died; And their departure was accounted to be their hurt, And their journeying away from us to be their ruin: But they are in peace.

Song of Solomon Chapter 7, Verse 5

Scripture passage in Song of Solomon 7:5

Biblical Metaphors, Nicene Attributes, and the Reformation Notae Ecclesiae

The Church is divinely instituted by Christ ( Matt 16:18 ) and revealed as the Spirit-baptized Body of Christ , Bride of Christ, and spiritual Temple ( 1 Cor 12 , Eph 2 , 1 Pet 2 ). The institutional marks (Notae Ecclesiae) and polity forms (episcopal, presbyterian, congregational) represent long-standing scholarly debate.

Trumpeting Place Inscription — Temple Mount Ashlar
IMAGE • archaeology

Hebrew stone found at the foot of the Temple Mount inscribed 'To the place of trumpeting to declare the Sabbath'.

Herodian Stonemasons (1st Century CE) • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 13 (19 verses)

For verily all men by nature were but vain who had no perception of God, And from the good things that are seen they gained not power to know him that is, Neither by giving heed to the works did they recognize the artificer; But either fire, or wind, or swift air, Or circling ...

Scripture Passages (24)

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

And Johanan begat Azariah , (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem :)

1 Kings 6:17 (KJV)
1 Kings 6 KJV

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

But he spake of the temple of his body.

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem , and brought them into the temple of Babylon , those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon , and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

And they come to Jerusalem : and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

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