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height of six cubits, and of the san breadth, and contained several buil ings for different uses, surrounded wi cloisters, supported by marble pilla There was an ascent of twelve ste to what we may properly call temple; and this consisted of th parts: the porch, the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies. The porch about twelve cubits long and twe broad, at the entrance of which st the famous pillars of Jachin and B whose names import, that God a was the support of the temple; its was fourteen cubits wide.

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shew-bread. The Holy of as a square of twenty cubits. ay; and here stood the ark, furniture; and Solomon made erubims of olive-tree, which dowed the two golden ones, etched their wings the whole n of the house. The wall of use was reared with alternate of fine cedar wood and hewn probably polished marble; the was carved with figures of cheand palm-trees; and the whole floor, walls and roof, was overwith gold. The oracle had no ws at all, but was perpetually s the sanctuary had narrow Ows, light against light. This

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temple was furnished with the a and other sacred utensils, and Shekinah, or cloud of divine glo entered it, to take up its rest over ark, between the cherubims; and was dedicated with a solemn pra by Solomon, and by seven days sacred feasting, and by a peace of ing of twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand she to consume which the holy fire a came down from heaven.

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THE Temple of Solomon was built accordi to the pattern which KING DAVID gave to son SOLOMON.

DAVID and his princes assigned thereto o hundred and eight thousand talents of gold, c million and seventeen thousand talents of silv both which together amounted to about n hundred and thirty-nine millions two hund and ninety-nine thousand six hundred eighty-seven pounds sterling, and in wei amounted to about forty-six thousand weight of gold and silver.

About one hundred and eighty-three th sand six hundred men, Hebrews and Canaani were employed in building it. Every thing made ready ere it came to the spot, that not was to do but join the materials; and ye was seven years in building.

This superb and magnificent edifice reta its pristine splendour only for thirty-thre thirty-four years, when Shishak, king of Eg took Jerusalem, and carried away the treas of the temple, in the year of the world t thousand and thirty-three, before Christ hundred and sixty-seven; and after unde ing various subsequent profanations and lages, this fine edifice was finally plundered burnt by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadne A. M. three thousand four hundred and six A. c. five hundred and eighty-four.

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