In 1 Kings 5–6, Solomon began his building plan for the temple. He contracted with Hiram king of Tyre for all the building supplies. Then he organized over 187,000 laborers. In the 480th year, after the Israelite’s release from Egypt, they began building. It took 7 and ½ years to complete. The temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle, 30 feet wide and 90 feet long. But the scale was the same. The Holy Place was twice the size of the Most Holy Place with the interior covered in gold. Now that the temple is up, Solomon moves on to... 

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Show Notes

• Blog
• Video tour of the Temple Mount and the dome of the Rock exterior on Mount Moriah
• Video of the inside of the Dome of the Rock
• Picture of the Rock inside the dome
• Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon
• The Tabernacle
• The Temple 
• 2012 discovery of a reservoir 

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