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Solomon Builds the Temple

Solomon began building the Lord’s Temple at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, Solomon’s father. This was the place David had prepared for the Temple. It had been the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.[b] Solomon started to build on the second day of the second month of his fourth year as king of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Araunah In Hebrew, “Ornan.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Jebusite A person who lived in Jerusalem before the Israelites took the city. “Jebus” was the old name for Jerusalem.

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