The first book of Kings : with introduction, notes, and maps . lamps on thecandlesticks, which were kept always burning, and once aweek to change the shewbread. Except on the Day ofAtonement, no blood was ever brought into the Holy dimensions the Holy Place in Solomons Temple was60 feet long by 30 feet wide and 45 feet high, ^.e., somethinglike the proportions of a racquet-court, only half as largeagain each way. Outside the Holy Place, at its east end, ran the Porch,15 feet deep. Here stood the two lofty brazen pillars, Jachinand Boaz, whose meaning and use is as much disputed asthei
The first book of Kings : with introduction, notes, and maps . lamps on thecandlesticks, which were kept always burning, and once aweek to change the shewbread. Except on the Day ofAtonement, no blood was ever brought into the Holy dimensions the Holy Place in Solomons Temple was60 feet long by 30 feet wide and 45 feet high, ^.e., somethinglike the proportions of a racquet-court, only half as largeagain each way. Outside the Holy Place, at its east end, ran the Porch,15 feet deep. Here stood the two lofty brazen pillars, Jachinand Boaz, whose meaning and use is as much disputed astheir shape. Round the other three sides of the buildingthere were erected three tiers of chambers, one above theother, which were no doubt used as vestries, muniment- Section through the Holy Place,showing the side chambers rest-ing on ledges on the outside ofthe great walls. No one knows what was theshape of the roof, whether flat asin oriental houses, or with a pitchlike a tent, as is shown in thedrawing. The dotted line marks the heightof the Holy of XX THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS rooms, and storehouses. Tlie two upper floors were reachedl)y staircases running from the ground-floor chambers, andthese last had probably no openings into the Temple itself. The style of architecture adopted is not known, but itseems likely that it would be Phoenician. The material wasquarried stone ; but all inside was so overlaid that nothingwas visible except cedar and gold. Under Solomons successors the Temple was often spoiledof its treasures by enemies, or by kings anxious to raisemoney ; and some of them polluted it by introducing into itidolatrous emblems and false worships. We also hear ofrestorations being efiected more than once. Finally it wasburnt to the ground and utterly destroyed by Nebuchad-nezzar, and all that was valuable was carried away toBabylon, to be restored seventy years later by Cyrus andDarius. At the time of the destruction the Ark disappeared,and has never been hea
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