Jerusalem was a great temple, which he built to glorify God.
He built it in keeping with the verses in Deuteronomy ch.12, in order to sanctify God's name.
G-d instructed him to build it.
King Solomon was a righteous man who understood the principle of building Temples. He knew the importance of the sacred ordinances that are only performed in such an edifice.
These holy sanctuaries wherein sacred ordinances, rites and ceremonies are performed which pertain to salvation and exaltation in the kingdom of God.
To house the Ark of the Covenant, to be a place where offerings were made to God, to be a place of prayer, and a place to come and be imbued with awareness of God whose presence dwelt there and for whom it was built. The fundamental purpose of the Temple was to glorify the name of God.See also:
http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/the-sacrifices-in-the-temple
because in II Samuel God told David that a temple was to be built, but he was not the one to do it. His son Solomon would.
The Lord's temple, the Great Temple of Jerusalem.
his temple was built in 940bc
King Solomons temple is actually the Temple in Jerusalem.
We didn't pay for it, we fought for what was rightfully ours!
Yes now a mosque stands where Solomons temple stood.
Something can only be destroyed once. King Solomon's Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians.
Queen Sheba came to see king Solomon s wisdom , not the temple.
20,000 donkeys died during the construction of Solomon's temple.
This temple was built by King Samaratungga.
It was king Solomon who built the temple.
The dimensions of Solomons temple are found in 1 Kings chapter 6. The temple's length is in verse 2.
who built king solomon's temple
Solomon's Temple is regarded as the first temple of the Judaic faith, built by King Solomon himself. However, there are numerous references in The Bible, showing that the Temple was used extensively and continuously for the worship of many other gods, including the sun God and Asherah. On this evidence, Solomon's Temple could be regarded as also the temple of the early polytheistic faith of Judah.