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<mekorot><multilink><a href="PesiktaRabbati6" data-aht="source">Pesikta Rabbati</a><a href="PesiktaRabbati6" data-aht="source">6</a><a href="Pesikta Rabbati" data-aht="parshan">About Pesikta Rabbati</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefKaraMelakhimI7-1" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraMelakhimI7-1" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI6-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 6:2</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="RalbagMelakhimIToalot6-38" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagMelakhimIToalot6-38" data-aht="source">Melakhim I Toalot 6:38</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, Abarbanel, <multilink><a href="MetzudatDavidMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Metzudot</a><a href="MetzudatDavidMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Metzudat David Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. David Altschuler (Metzudot)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Altschuler</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<mekorot><multilink><a href="PesiktaRabbati6" data-aht="source">Pesikta Rabbati</a><a href="PesiktaRabbati6" data-aht="source">6</a><a href="Pesikta Rabbati" data-aht="parshan">About Pesikta Rabbati</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefKaraMelakhimI7-1" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraMelakhimI7-1" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI6-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 6:2</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="RalbagMelakhimIToalot6-38" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagMelakhimIToalot6-38" data-aht="source">Melakhim I Toalot 6:38</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, Abarbanel, <multilink><a href="MetzudatDavidMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Metzudot</a><a href="MetzudatDavidMelakhimI7-1-2" data-aht="source">Metzudat David Melakhim I 7:1-2</a><a href="R. David Altschuler (Metzudot)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Altschuler</a></multilink></mekorot>
 
<point><b>Time spent on the building</b><ul>
 
<point><b>Time spent on the building</b><ul>
<li>According to most of these sources, the relatively short time that it took Shelomo to build the Mikdash betrayed his fervor to honor Hashem.&#160; While he was lax about building his own palace complex, allowing the work to stretch out over years, he was eager to finish Hashem's House, and worked continuously to ensure that it was completed as quickly as possible. </li>
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<li>According to most of these sources, the relatively short time that it took Shelomo to build the Mikdash betrayed his zeal to honor Hashem.&#160; While he was lax about building his own palace complex, allowing the work to stretch out over years, he was eager to finish Hashem's House, and worked continuously to ensure that it was completed as quickly as possible. </li>
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<li>Radak brings an opinion that Shelomo only spent two years building his palace, understanding the phrase, "וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה" to mean "and Shelomo built his house in the thirteenth year [of his reign]"<fn>Since Shelomo finished building the Temple in the eleventh year, this leaves only two years for him to build his palace.</fn> rather than "over thirteen years".<fn>This reading encounters difficulty in face of the later verse, "וַיְהִי מִקְצֵה עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת שְׁנֵי הַבָּתִּים אֶת בֵּית י"י וְאֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ" (Melakhim I 9:10), which suggests that it took a total of 20 years to build both houses.&#160; Radak suggests that perhaps this verse, too, refers to years of Shelomo's reign and means that in the twentieth year of his reign, a few years after completing the houses, Shelomo first gave Chiram twenty cities in return for his aid in the building projects.</fn>&#160; If so, Shelomo invested significantly more time on the Mikdash than his own home, recognizing that it was far more important.</li>
 
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<point><b>Dimensions</b></point>
 
<point><b>Dimensions</b></point>

Version as of 01:37, 3 April 2018

Beit HaMikdash and Beit Shelomo

Exegetical Approaches

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The Epitome of Shelomo's Reign

Time spent on the building
  • According to most of these sources, the relatively short time that it took Shelomo to build the Mikdash betrayed his zeal to honor Hashem.  While he was lax about building his own palace complex, allowing the work to stretch out over years, he was eager to finish Hashem's House, and worked continuously to ensure that it was completed as quickly as possible.
  • Radak brings an opinion that Shelomo only spent two years building his palace, understanding the phrase, "וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה" to mean "and Shelomo built his house in the thirteenth year [of his reign]"1 rather than "over thirteen years".2  If so, Shelomo invested significantly more time on the Mikdash than his own home, recognizing that it was far more important.
Dimensions
Materials
Interpolation
Dedication of the Mikdash
Placement of the various buildings
בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן

The Start of Shelomo's Downfall