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  • He never completed the building. Even Herod centuries didn't complete it. It was an ongoing project. But was it called Jehovah's Temple? I don't think so. Saying the name Jehovah carried the death penalty. And the name could only be printed in gold. I believe it was simply called the Temple.
  • in the fourth year of solomon's reign, in trhe second month of the year (the month ziv [april-may]), in 1034 before common era, solomon began to build the house of Jehovah on mount moriah. (1kings 6:1) the building of the temple was peacefully quiet; the stones were fitted before being brought to the site, so that no sound of hammers or axes or of any tools of iron was heard. (1kings 6:7) king hiram of tyre cooperated in supplying timbers of cedar and juniper trees in exchange for wheat and oil. (1kings 5:10-12; 2chronicles 2:11-16)he also furnished workmen, including an expert craftsman named hiram, the son of a tyrian man and a hebrew woman. (1kings 7:13,14) solomon conscripted for forced labor 30,000 men, sending them to lebanon in shifts of 10,000 a month. each group returned to their homes for two-month periods. besides these, there were 70,000 burden bearers and 80,000 cutters. these last-named groups were non-israelites. (1kings 5:13-18; 2chrhonicles 2:17,18) the tremendous building project occupied seven and a half years, being concluded in the eighth month, bul, in 1027 b.c.e. (1kings6:37,38)it appears that it took some time afterward to bring in the utensils and to get everything aranged, for it was in the seventh month, ethanim, at the time of the festival of booths, that the santification and inauguration of the temple were carried out by solomon. (1kings 8:2; 2chronicles 7:8-10)therefore it must have taken place in the seventh month of 1026 b.c.e., 11 months after completing the building, rather than a month before the structure was completed (in 1027 b.c.e.), as some have thought. the temple a most magnificent structure, followed the general plan of the tabernacle. these being described in the bible (evidently inside measurements) as being 30 cubits (13.4 meters; 43.7 feet)long and 10 cubits (4.5 meters; 14.6 feet) in height. (compare exodus 26:16-18)it was evidently 10 cubits in width. (compare exodus 26:22-24)the width may be figured as follows: the rear or west wall constructed of six panel frames of one and one half cubits each (totaling 9 cubits) and two panel frames called corner posts, which evidently were positioned so that each added one half cubit to the insided dimension. the jewish scholar rashi (1041-1105 common era), commenting on exodus 26:23, noted: "all the eight boards of the tabernacle were set in a row, only that the entire width of these two (the corner posts)did not show in the interior of the tabernacle, but only half cubit on the one side and a half cubit on the other side could be seen in the interior, thus making up the breadth to ten cubits. the remaining cubit of one board and the remaining cubit of the other board came against the cubit thickness of the boards of the tabernacle on the north and the south sides, so that the outside should be even.-pentateuch with targum onkelos, haphtaroth and rashi's commentary, exodus, translated by m. rosenbaum and a.m. silbermann, p.144 as mentioned above the temple structure followed the general plan of the tabernacle. however, the inside of the holy and most holy were greater than those of the tabernacle. the holy was 40 cubits (17.8 meters; 58.3 feet) long, 20 cubits (8.9 meters, 29.2 feet) wide, and evidently 30 cubits (13.4 meters; 43.7 feet) high. (1kings 6:2) the most holy was a cube 20 cubits on a side. (1kings 6:20; 2chronicles 3:8) additionally, there were roof chambers over the most holy that were aproximately 10 cubits (4.5meters; 14.6 feet) high. (1chronicles 28:11) there was also a side structure around the temple on three sides, containing storage chambers, and so forth. (1kings 6:4-6,10). materials used were primarily stone and wood. the floors of these rooms were overlaid with juniper wood; the inside walls were of cedar engraved with carvings of cherubs, palm trees, and blossoms; the walls and ceiling were entirely overlaid with gold.(1kings 6:15,18,21,22,29) the doors of the holy (at the temple entrance) were made of juniper-carved and overlaid with gold foil.(1kings 6:34,35)doors of oil-tree wood, likewise carved and overlaid with gold, provided entrance between the holy and most holy. whatever their exact position, these doors did not fully replace the curtain arrangement that had been in effect in the tabernacle. (compare 2chronicles 3:14) two gigantic cherubs of oil-tree wood, gold overlaid, occupied the most holy. under these the ark of the covenant was placed.(1kings 6:23-28,31-33; 8:6)
  • Only a few chapters I think and my bible didn't have pictures, so I don't know.

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