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On Tisha B'Av, July 587 or 586 BC, the Babylonians took Jerusalem, destroyed the First Temple and burned down the city. [1] [2] [8] The small settlements surrounding the city, and those close to the western border of the kingdom, were destroyed as well. [8] According to the Bible, Zedekiah attempted to escape, but was captured near Jericho.
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple (Hebrew: בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן , romanized: Bayyit Rīšōn, lit. 'First Temple'), was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE .
The Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem by Nicolas Poussin (1637). Oil on canvas, 147 × 198.5 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Depicts the destruction and looting of the Second Temple by the Roman army led by Titus. [239] The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus by Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1846).
The term First Temple is customarily used to describe the Temple of the pre-exilic period, which is thought to have been destroyed by the Babylonian conquest. It is described in the Bible as having been built by King Solomon and is understood to have been constructed with its Holy of Holies centered on a stone hilltop now known as the Foundation Stone which had been a traditional focus of ...
The Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction; Temple Mount Antiquities Rescue Committee; Report of the UNESCO Technical Mission to the Old City of Jerusalem; Electrical cable replacement (July 2007) Photos: remains of an historic mosque near the Magharba Gate where Israeli excavations are taking place, Palestinian Information Center
While the Second Temple stood for a longer period of time than the First Temple, it was likewise destroyed during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Projects to build the hypothetical "Third Temple" have not come to fruition in the modern era, though the Temple in Jerusalem still features prominently in Judaism. [2]
First version, oil on canvas, 145.8 x 194 cm. The capture of Jerusalem by Titus in AD 70 is the subject of several history paintings by Nicolas Poussin.The earliest version, dated to 1626, is in the Israel Museum, catalogued as The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem. [1]
The destruction of the temple of Jerusalem, painting by Francesco Hayez, 1867. On the eighth day of the month of Av, Roman forces breached the Temple's outer court. [348] Two days later, on the tenth of Av, a Roman soldier threw a burning piece of wood into the Temple, igniting a fire that would eventually consume the entire structure.