Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem

Solomon’s Temple, also called the First Temple or the Temple of Solomon, was the sanctuary in Jerusalem described in I Kings 6–7 and II Chronicles 3–4. This interactive 3D reconstruction explores its Holy Place, Holy of Holies, Ark of the Covenant, menorahs, showbread tables, bronze pillars, altar and surrounding Temple Mount setting.

What were the Temple’s measurements?

The model keeps cubits as its geometric unit. Controls convert these to a selected modern cubit length. The clear rooms total 60 cubits; the separately modelled one-cubit partition is an explicit interpretive convention.

Is this the First or Second Temple?

The principal building depicts Solomon’s First Temple. The Temple Institute’s illustrated tour mainly describes the later Second Temple. Its illustrations and modern vessel replicas are identified as references; later courts and gates are not silently treated as Solomon-period evidence.

How certain is the Temple Mount landscape?

The terrain, individual houses, courtyard extent, paving, plant distribution and decorative profiles are reconstructions, not a surveyed map of Solomon’s Jerusalem. The optional 500 × 500-cubit mount perimeter follows the later description in Middot 2:1; its attribution to Solomon is unproven. Measured checks establish consistency with selected source constraints, not certainty about every ancient detail.

Explore the model

Choose a place or vessel study, orbit or walk, remove roofs, compare altar interpretations, view the 38 reference images, or open Sources & measures for the source ledger and construction audit.

Temple Institute illustrated tour · I Kings 6 · I Kings 7 · Middot 2:1

Created by Alexander Suprun - Nonlinearplatform.com. Reference images remain credited to their respective sources.