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The Temple Built and Furnished(A)

Solomon began to build Yahweh’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to his father David. There David had prepared the site on the threshing floor[a] of Ornan the Jebusite. He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

This is how Solomon laid the foundation to build Elohim’s temple. It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. (They used the old standard measurement.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

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