The Temple is where God's Ark of the Covenant was enshrined, built in Jerusalem. Its original model was the Tabernacle, built with the same concept, but it was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt due to foreign invasions. ## Solomon's Temple It was prepared by King David and built by Solomon. It was built with cedar wood imported from Lebanon. Later, it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and all its temple vessels were plundered.
2 Kings 25:8He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.2 Kings 25:9All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.2 Kings 25:10Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.2 Kings 25:11But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
이후 언약궤는 사라지고 어디에 있는지 알려진 바가 없다.
포로생화 이후 스룹바벨이 백성들을 끌고 돌아와서 성전 재건을 시작하였다.
Ezra 5:2At the same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River came to them, with Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
그러나 중간에 여러 방해가 있어서 다리오왕 때에 이르러 완성이 되었다.
Ezra 6:13The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.Ezra 6:14This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.Ezra 6:15The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
이후 로마제국의 통치 시절에 유대의 분봉왕이 된 헤롯 대왕이 유대인들의 환심을 사기 위해 이것을 보수한다.
John 2:20But he spoke of the temple of his body.
이 성전 역시 AD 70년경 로마 장군 티투스에 의해 훼파된다.