History Mysteries

The Mystery of King Solomon’s Temple
By Rachel Donka
12/10/09

King Solomon was a Hebrew king who started his reign in the year of 965 BC, after his father, King David, died. King David had been preparing to build a large temple during the last years of his life. When his son, Solomon, came to the throne in 965 BC, he continued with his father’s plan to build a temple. This temple was to be built somewhere in Jerusalem. Archaeologists are not completely sure on the exact site, but most agree that it was most likely built on the mount platform in the city of Jerusalem. This temple took seven years to construct. Solomon’s Temple, as it was called, was destroyed in 587 BC by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon when he took control of Israel and Judea and banished the Jews from their home. Soon after Cyrus of Persia defeated Nebuchadnezzar and took control of the city of Jerusalem, the Jews were allowed to return and rebuild their temple presumably on the same spot as where it had once stood. Today, the Second Temple, as the second temple was called, is gone as well, and the only reason we know about this magnificent temple is from biblical records. But, with new technology and resources, who knows what new discoveries could be made about history and this puzzling mystery of Solomon’s Temple.

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