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Solomon’s Temple, or the First Temple, was the permanent sanctuary built by King Solomon in Jerusalem around 966 BC to house the Ark of the Covenant and serve as the center of Israel's worship (1 Kings 6). It replaced the portable Tabernacle and stood for four centuries until its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BC.
Solomon’s Temple, also called the First Temple, was the first permanent sanctuary built in Jerusalem for the worship of the God of Israel. It marked a transition from the mobile tabernacle of the wilderness period to a fixed religious center that anchored Israel’s worship, law, and national identity in a single location.
