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Temple of Jerusalem   /tˈɛmpəl əv dʒərˈusələm/   Listen
Temple of Jerusalem

noun
1.
Any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall.  Synonym: Temple of Solomon.






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