The Temple built by Solomon would become the spiritual center of Jerusalem. At the same time, the king built a ring of strongholds to protect his kingdom, with fortresses in Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.

There are some interesting facts regarding Solomon’s Temple. First of all, it’s size was fifty times larger than that of the Mishkan of the desert. It took seven years to build.

TEMPLE Mount: It’s the hill at the heart of much of the Middle East’s turmoil. Now, for the first time, archaeologists say they have found evidence of King Solomon’s temple.

We long for the days that we will see the reestablishment of Solomon's Temple and hopefully we will pray there together in the near future. This will definitely happen as the days of Messiah ...

The First Temple, built by King Solomon, was constructed mainly of Egyptian materials and was completed not earlier than 1000 B.C., according to the Professor’s conclusions.