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​תל אביב – "Mountain Spring"

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בית המקדש– "House" or "Dwelling Place"

House of the Lord 

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Both Jewish Temples were built on a platform mount on Mount Moriah (sometimes called Mount Zion) in Jerusalem | Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD | Today Jews worship at the Western Wall (their holiest site) which is the closest wall to where the temple stood | Today the oldest Islamic structure in the world (Dome of the Rock) stands on the Temple Mount

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• Jews believe the Foundation Stone is where the creation of the world began (Gen. 1)

• Abraham climbed Mount Moriah to sacrifice his son Isaac (Gen. 22:1-18)

• David brought the Ark of Covenant to his city (see City of David)

• Solomon built the first temple on Mount Zion (1 Kgs. 6–9; 2 Chr. 3–7)

• Hezekiah of Judah cleansed the temple (2 Chr. 29:16)

• Josiah of Judah repaired and found the book of the law (2 Chr. 34)

• Micah prophesied it would be destroyed (Jer. 26:18)

• Babylonians destroyed it after the fall of Jerusalem (2 Kgs. 25:8–17)

• Nephites built a temple in the Promised Land (2 Ne. 5:16)

• Jews in exile built temples elsewhere, including in Elephantine, Egypt (see list)

• Zerubbabel and others built Second Temple; vessels were restored (Ezra 1–6); rebuilt and enlarged by Herod the Great

• After being refused worship in the Jerusalem temple, Samaritans built a temple on Mt. Gerizim that was later destroyed by John Hyrcanus (2 Macc.)

• Zacharias was struck dumb for not believing Elisabeth would conceive (Luke 1:5–23)

• Joseph III and Mary presented infant Jesus; Simeon II and Anna prophesied (Luke 2:22–38)

• Young Jesus taught doctors of the law (Luke 2:41–50)

• Satan tempted Jesus at the pinnacle  (Matthew 4:5–7; Luke 4:9–13)

• Jesus cleansed the temple (John 2:13–25; Matt. 21:12–13)

• Jesus taught often at the temple, including daily during His last mortal week (John 7–8; 10:22–39; Luke 19:47–21:4; 21:37–38); prophesied of the destruction of the temple (Mark 13:1–2)

• Judas Iscariot cast down betrayal pieces of silver (Matt. 27:5)

• Veil of temple rent after Christ’s death (Matt. 27:51)

• Peter healed a cripple and taught (Acts 3)

• First latter-day temple built and dedicated in 1836 in Kirtland, OH (D&C 109); others have followed (D&C 124)

• A future temple will be built in Jerusalem (Ezek. 40–48; Zech. 8:7–9)​​

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