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A text-faithful reconstruction
Walk through the house Solomon built
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.1 Kings 6:2 (KJV)
Every structure and furnishing here is tied to its verses. Click anything (or walk up to it and press E, or tap READ on a phone) to read the verbatim King James text, the stated measurements in cubits and metres, and exactly what had to be reconstructed where the text is silent.
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Assumptions. Standard cubit 0.45 m; long cubit 0.525 m ("a cubit and an hand breadth", Ezekiel 40:5). Entrance faces east. Where the text is silent, choices are flagged on the object and explained with alternatives. Verse text: King James Version (public domain). Reference works cited for alternative readings include Keil & Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament; M. Cogan, 1 Kings (Anchor Bible); S. Japhet, I & II Chronicles (OTL); Th. A. Busink, Der Tempel von Jerusalem; J. Monson, "The New ʿAin Dara Temple," BAR 26:3 (2000); C. Meyers, "Jachin and Boaz," CBQ 45 (1983). The hand lamp and sound are visitor aids, not part of the reconstruction. Whole-Bible check. Every passage from Genesis to Revelation that mentions the temple, its courts, furnishings, the palace or the city was searched and added where it bears on Solomon’s buildings. New Testament references to the temple (for example “Solomon’s porch”, John 10:23) describe Herod’s later rebuilding, so they are not used. The people. Priests, the high priest, trumpeters, Levite musicians, porters and worshippers go about the duties Scripture describes for them. Click anyone to read the verses behind what they are doing. The city. The palace, the city of David, the wall, Millo, Gihon, the Kidron and the Mount of Olives are placed from the text and the lie of the land. They can be seen but not entered; the walkable area ends at the court walls.