825 - Solomon Builds the Temple
Solomon Builds the Temple It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year, of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple, of the Lord. This was 480 years, after the people of Israel, were rescued from their slavery, in the land of Egypt. The Temple, that King Solomon built, for the Lord, was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. The entry room, at the front, of the Temple, was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width, of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet, from the front of the Temple. Solomon also made narrow recessed windows, throughout the Temple. He built a complex of rooms, against the outer walls, of the Temple, all the way around the sides …and the rear, of the building. The complex was three stories high, …the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, …the second floor 9 feet wide, …and the top floor 10½ feet wide. The rooms were connected, to the walls of the Temple, by beams… resting on ledges, built out from the wall. So, the b