Using Bullinger’s King James Version Companion Bible (Kregel)
The references to the Biblical altars in this study, are for a wide reference to understand how the “covering” of sin towards our God was accomplished before Jesus, and how Jesus with the body of his believers would become the new Temple of God.
Each individual is also a temple of God if they choose to make it so. The altar in your mind will have Christ there once you believe upon him and you can make your confessed sin with your repentance to go forward and sin no more.
Being a Christian should undoubtedly bring understanding that Jesus, the Son of God gave his life as a sacrifice in place of Father’s children. How much does Jesus love the children of God? There is no greater love than that in which a man willingly lays down his own life to save the life of another.
Before a review of all man-made altars below, let’s understand what the new Temple Altar of God is.
Hebrews [10:9] “Then said He, “Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God,” He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.”
[ed: See Hebrews chapters 8 and 10 for how Jesus became the Sacrifice for all who would believe. Jesus is the 2nd and final blood sacrifice for us.]
[ed: Below, Paul writes how we, the Body of Christ, are seen by God as his new Temple.]
Romans [4:5] “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one
members one of another. “
Romans [4:6] “Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportions of faith;”
[ed: Jesus’ Temple, the one not created by man, is alive and all who choose to believe in Him will also live. Sacrifices of animals were never sufficient for the remission of sin, for there were was a continuing annual need to sacrifice yet again. If animal sacrifices were sufficient, then why would there ever be a need for Christ? His life given for any person who wishes to claim it. It was indeed very much needed and his life’s sacrifice is good forever with true absolute forgiveness from God, while the animal sacrifices were merely temporary shadows to have people change their own life away from sins.]
[ed: Each person who does accept Christ as their savior, will be able to
approach God directly, enter into the “Holy of Hollies” that is in their mind, and reach out and engage with our heavenly creator Father.]
[ed: Your belief of Christ life and death allows God’s “fire” to be sent down from heaven into your own individual altar, together with Christ’s blood, to clear away forever, every sin you have repented of. Clearing your sins before entering into the Holy chamber where you have asked God to live (in your life), then allows you to directly speak unto God without any need for intercession by any man.]
[ed: It is up to each person to decide if they will or will not allow our Father YHVH into the altar of God of their quickened soul, and bring their live’s mistakes towards God for forgiveness through Jesus Christ, son of God.]
The Other altars:
[ed: While some altars were provided for use within a tabernacle tent, or a temple building, others were not. Some consist of a collection of unhewn natural rocks brought together for the altar fire to be kept, while the innocent animal was placed upon it.
Many of these altar locations would also involve interesting and important events that are of great learning value, helping one to understand God’s perfect plan more completely.There have been altars provided by various people for an offering to God. All these man made altars no longer exist.
Some altars built by men were for the true God YHVH, while others were against Him and created for other gods. Some were “positive” for God, while others were “negative“.
The Biblical men who did build altars are listed in historical order per group.
Positive group – Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Samuel, David, Solomon, Ezra.
Negative group – Solomon, Ahab, Ahaz. Yes, Solomon did build the Jerusalem temple but also other temple-altars for the gods he learned by his wives from non-Israel nations.
Another temple, yet to be presented, will be used by the anti-Christ (satan) in the very city, at the very location, that God does most desire on Earth. Satan will reside there when he arrives, and he will oppose God, and to try make himself above God for he is a liar.
He knows people will flock to him like lost sheep, and this will threaten the very souls of those towards death, for he is a murderer.]
II Thessalonians [2:4] “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
ABEL/CAIN:
[ed: There is the implied altar of Abel & Cain’s offering to the Lord. It is not clear as to who built the altar, was it God or was it man? Nevertheless, they did approach with an offering to God. (Abel meaning is “breath”, Cain meaning is “possession”]
Genesis [4:3] “And in Process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.”
Genesis [4:4] “And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:”
[ed: firstlings offered from Abel, but not from Cain. ]
NOAH:
[ed: Noah (meaning is “rest”) Built an altar that offered a member of every clean fowl and beast. The designation of a “clean” animal is already understood as this incident occurred long before the first 5 scrolls of Moses’ scriptures.]
Genesis [8:20] “And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
ABRAHAM: Abram (to become called as “Abraham”)
[ed: In Genesis [12:7] – Built a first altar unto God between Bethel on the West, and Hai on the East.]
[ed: Abram Genesis [13:4] – after a while, he moved on to Hebron and built another Altar there.]
[ed: Now called as “Abraham” (meaning is “Father of multitudes”) he will build a third altar for an offering, his only son (Isaac) by his wife Sarah.]
Genesis [22:2] “And He said, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.”
[ed: Abraham also has a son with his wife’s maid Hagar (meaning is “flight”), and his name is Ishmael (meaning is “whom God hears”).
He then subsequently, has a son with his wife Sarah (meaning is “princess”) and the son’s name is Isaac (meaning is “laughter”). God is going to test Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac at a mountain located in hilly region called “Moriah” (meaning is “chosen by God”).]
[ed: Moriah’s area consists of 4 mounts, and the tallest one will become the very same mount upon which Christ would be sacrificed by Roman crucifixion, for the Moriah area is the location of Jerusalem city.]
Genesis [22:14] “And Abraham called the name of that place Yahveh-jireh: as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen”.”
ISAAC:
[ed: Isaac (meaning is “laughter”), will build an altar for God at “Beer-sheba”. A new well is dug there at this near location at “Rehoboth”, the same place that Abraham had previously sacrificed to YHVH and where God made a covenant with Abraham.]
Genesis [26:25] “And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.”
JACOB:
[ed: Jacob would build an altar at “El-elohe-Israel”.]
Genesis [33:19] “And he brought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.”
Genesis [33:20] “And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.”
[ed: After some time, God would tell Jacob to build an altar at “Beth-el” (meaning “house of God”). Beth-el is the location where Jacob had a vision of a ladder/ramp to God’s throne. Jacob used a rock for a pillow during this sleep, and when he awoke, he did anoint and keep this particular rock – which would become known as the pillar of Jacob.]
[ed: Later on in God scriptures, a place called Shiloh will be referenced.
Shiloh is where the Beth-el well was located.]
Genesis [35:1] “And God said unto Jacob, “Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, That appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.”
[ed: Jacob realizes and accepts God’s will and Jacob’s own promise to God.]
Genesis [35:3] “And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there
an altar unto God, Who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.”
Genesis [35:7] “And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.”
[ed: This is where Jacob did have his own name changed from Jacob to “Israel”.]
Genesis [35:10] “And God said unto him, ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name:’ “And He called his name Israel.” “
(“Israel” meaning “The prince that prevails with God”).
MOSES:
[ed: Moses (meaning is “drawn”) would build an altar (below) and name it as “YHVH is my banner”.]
Exodus [17:15] “And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yehovah-nissi:”
[ed: Moses is told by God … ]
Exodus [20:24] “An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep and thy oxen: in all places where I record My name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.” Exodus [20:25] “And if thou wilt make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”
[ed: Before Moses would receive the 10 commandments written by God in stone, he would build an altar.]
Exodus [24:4] “And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.” Exodus [30:10] “And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement upon it through out your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.”
[ed: Exodus [25-40] details the post-commandment tabernacle setup according to the rule and pattern provided by God with all due practices and duties therein to be aligned with God’s requirements. Continues on in the book called Leviticus.]
Numbers [7:1] “And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them.”
Deuteronomy [27:11] “And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,”
Deuteronomy [27:12] “These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:”
[ed: There are only six tribes that were to stand on mount Gerizim, and this
is only half of the 12 Israelite tribes.]
[ed: Mount Gerizim was to be the mount of blessings. These who are to “stand” are the tribes that would be located near mount Gerizim.]
Deuteronomy [27:13] “And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.”
[ed: The 6 tribes of Gerizim are blessed for correct faithfulness to God, while the other 6 tribes of Ebal are in need of correction for some error that has occurred.
(Ebal meaning is “bare mountain”) (Gerizim meaning is “cutters”). The name “Gideon” happens to mean “cutter”.]
JOSHUA:
[ed: The name of Joshua (meaning is “YHVH’s Savior”), is the very same as “Jesus” being translated from Hebrew “Yeshua”. In Greek, the name “Iesous” is derived from the Hebrew “Yeshua”. Joshua would build an altar at Ebal (meaning is “bare mountain”) .]
Joshua [8:30] “Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,”
[ed: Gad, Rueben, and Manasah would set up an altar in their land (Gilead, East of the Jordan river) but not for the purpose of sacrifice but as an iconic monument to God. See Joshua [22:10]
Joshua [22:10] “And when they came unto the borders of Jordan (meaning is “descender”), that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.”
Joshua [22:34] “And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the Altar “Ed”: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.”
[ed: (Hebrew word “ed” means “witness”).]
GIDEON:
[ed: Below, Gideon (meaning “cutter”) built an altar to God and Gideon called it as Jehovah-shalom meaning “YHVH of peace”.]
Judges [6:24] “Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it
Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”
Judges [6:26] “And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.”
SAMUEL:
[ed: Samuel (meaning is “heard of God”) would build an altar to God, after completing a circuit of judgments throughout the land of Israel.]
I Samuel [7:17] “And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.”
[ed: Saul would build an altar to God before he was to attempt a war with the
philistines.]
I Samuel [14:35] “And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.”
DAVID:
[ed: David (meaning is “well beloved”) would build an altar to God so that Israel would then avoid being hit by a plague sent to the tribes because of David’s error of taking up a census when God told him not to do so. The plague was 1 of 3 possible choices that God gave to David to
make a choice of. He chose the plague that would assuredly cause death to many – this the result of disobeying God.]
I Chronicles [21:9] “And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,”
I Chronicles [21:10] ” “Go and tell David, saying, `Thus saith the Lord,’ I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.’ “
I Chronicles [21:11] “So Gad came to David, and said unto him, “Thus saith the Lord, `Chose thee”
I Chronicles [21:12] “Either
() three years’ famine; or
() three months to be destroyed thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else
() three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the
angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.’
Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring against to Him That sent me.”
[ed: A choice of 3 possible punishments, and David selects choice #3 but will
wish to intervene with God and ask that the punishment be applied to him only and not towards the people, as it was his own disobedience that has raised this problem with God.]
II Samuel [24:18] “And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him,
“Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.” “
[ed: Instructions are now given by God directly to David
through Gad the prophet. Once again this place was a special place and not chosen by accident. ]
[ed: It is the same place where Abraham was instructed by God to take Isaac
and offer him as a sacrifice.]
[ed: Eventually, the site owned of the Jesubites, with the nearby Gihon spring and the threashing mill, David buys the land area that God does love most.]
II Samuel [24:2] “And Araunah said, “Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said “To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the People.”
II Samuel [24:25] “And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.”
I Chronicles [21:18] “Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.”
I Chronicles [21:26] “And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.”
SOLOMON:
[ed: Solomon (meaning is “peaceful”) built the 1st Jerusalem temple.]
I Kings [6:1] “And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.”
[ed: The Temple is similar in floor plan only double in size to the tent structure of the Tabernacle temple.]
I Kings [6:37] “In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:”
I Kings [6:38] “And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.”
[ed: Description of the Jerusalem temple in II Chronicles [4:1] onward.]
To be complete on the altars of David’s Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple, there were 3 altars provided at each.
- the Incense Altar, located before the curtain separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies;
- the Brazen Altar located just outside the only door, the East door; and
- the Miphkad Altar located outside the Temple camp, and outside the City’s East gate.
Book of Hebrews tells of this Miphkad altar existence, as it is where the perfect one, Christ, was sacrificed on the cross for our sins.
Hebrews 13:11 “For the bodies of those beast, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.”
Hebrews 13:12 “Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate.”
[ed: On the negative side, Solomon made the most unfortunate error of
providing for the building of temples, or “high places” for Moabite god Chemosh, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Ammon god Molech where children were burned alive for a sacrifice, and even other gods that came out from all his non-Israelite wives, which sacrificed unto their gods.]
AHAB:
[ed: On the negative side of men who built altars, was an evil king named Ahab”. He also married a Kenite woman from Zidon/Sidon named “Jezebel”. Zidon is where descendents of Cain did live at that time. (“Ahab” means “uncle”).
Ahab would built an altar to the god called Baal, and he was king of the northern 10 tribes of Israel – Samaria.]
I Kings [16:28] “So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.”
I Kings [16:29] “And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.”
I Kings [16:30] “And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.”
I Kings [16:31] “And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.”
I Kings [16:32] “And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.”
I Kings [16:33] “And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
I Kings [16:34] “In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Joshua the son of Nun.”
[ed: Ahab’s sons’ deaths are previously foreseen by Joshua, son of Nun that whomever rebuilds jericho would suffer a curse – it was not to be rebuilt unless directed by God. All preventable if people would keep aware and respect what has been commanded.]
Joshua [6:26] “And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying,
“Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city of Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.” “
ELIJAH:
[ed: Elijah (meaning is “my God is VYVH”) would repair the altar of God at Mount Carmel.]
I Kings [18:30] “And Elijah said unto all the People, “Come near unto me.” And all the People came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.”
AHAZ:
[ed: Ahaz (meaning is “possessor”) would build a new temple that was derived from a false god. he asked to have a duplicate version provided in Israel as well. He would become involved with the Moloch god even with his own son, convey with wizards and familiar (dead) spirits – see Isaiah [8:19].
II Kings [16:10] “And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.”
II Kings [16:11] “And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.”
II Kings [16:12] “And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon,”
[ed: Ahaz has essentially made a new religious practice based upon whatever he himself thinks is important, overruling God’s instructions and has made himself the role of the high priest, then instructs Urijah as if he were God, since only God was to instruct the temple’s high priest.
II Kings [16:14] “And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar.”
[ed: Note how the brazen altar is relocated to the North side of the temple from the proper location of being located just before the house of God.
See Exodus 29[42:46].
[ed: Note that the North side of the temple in Jerusalem is where the anti-Christ will reside during his shortened time in the city.]
EZRA:
[ed: Ezra (meaning is “help”) would build (rebuild) the Jerusalem temple and its altar to God.]
[ed: It would take 49 years for the Jerusalem temple to be rebuilt, and these 49 years were the first “7 weeks” of Daniel’s “70 weeks” or 70 “sevens” of years.
This command is found in Ezra [4:17], and the command was given in
what is now called by today’s terms as 454 B.C.
Also know that in Bullinger’s Companion Bible appendix #91, there is good info on this command to rebuild jerusalem. ]
King James Companion Bible appendix 91 –
https://levendwater.org/companion/append91.html
” In Nisan, 454 B.C., ASTYAGES (i.e. Artaxerxes = the Great King) issued the decree spoken of in Dan. [9:25]. Later, in the same year, Nebuchadnezzar’s “madness” was lifted off him.
Then after those 49 years are completed another 62 sevens (434 years) will occur and at that time the Messiah (Jesus Christ) will be removed (realizing his death by Crucifixion) from the people.
The 7 sevens (49 years) began in 454 BC lasting until 405 BC.
The 62 sevens (434 years) began in 405 BC lasting until 29 AD.
Ezra [3:2] “Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.”
Ezra [3:3] “And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries; and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.”
[ed: Further explaination of the Ezra-Nehemiah temple rebuild (2nd temple at Jerusalem) can be further researched here in the KVJ Companion bible appendix #50, with particular review of the point #14. –
https://levendwater.org/companion/append50.html .]
GIZA PYRAMID:
[ed: The Pyramid at Giza built as an altar to God. The details are worthy of separate study and there is certainly great detail to review, beyond this study’s presentation.
This link for the KJV Companion bible Appendix #81 has some further basic explanation – https://levendwater.org/companion/append81.html . ]
Isaiah [19:19] “In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.”
Isaiah [19:20] “And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a Savior, and a great One, and He shall deliver them.”
What is an “offering” ?
The Hebrew terms for “offering” can be further researched by this
appendix #43 of the KJV Companion bible –
https://levendwater.org/companion/append43.html
[ed: What does God think of men using sacrifices to atone for sins should their temple duties and responsibilities, their corrupt beliefs integrated into the very law and scrolls of his scripture
It is as if the sacrifice is nothing but a bloody, unclean offering that he rejects and thus there is no benefit to the man who ask for forgiveness, not does God forget that sin either.]
Isaiah [66:3] “He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man,
he that sacrifeceth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck;
he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood;
he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways,” and their soul delighteth in their abominations.”
[ed: When man does not stay in the disciplined rules and ways of God, and mixes other traditions and practices, God considered those sacrifices as null. This happened with some of the temple leaders and staff. God rejects those sacrifices as if they never occurred. It is important to keep with God, stay in his Word and give him the respect and enduring love that your creator deserves. Stay with complete integrity, to the best of your abilities.
[ed: A overview of the physical layout of the Jerusalem temple is
provided through the KJV Companion bible Appendix #68 –
https://levendwater.org/companion/append68.html .]
Append #68 copied below –
“The Altar of Burnt Offering is shown on the site of the “Sacred Stone”, which is exactly under the center of the present Moslem Sanctuary over
it, know as “the Dome of the Rock”. (*1) This is the traditional site of David’s altar on “the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite”.
The Temple with its porch, the twin pillars Jachin and Boaz, and the molten sea, are shown to the west of the altar, and the wide open space, the Court of the Temple, is left blank — for the best of all reasons : we have no revelation as to how the space was occupied.
Josephus and the Jewish rabbinical writings are alike useless for the purpose of informing us about Solomon’s Temple. The simple fact is that we know next to nothing, and beyond the statements of “block” measurements, so to speak, we have no guide as to details. That there was an inner and outer court to the Temple is most probably, although there is no mention of courts until a later date. “
(*1) This and the other main buildings on Haram area are shown on the plans by dotted lines.
== Solomon’s Jerusalem Temple layout image below ==
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