King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king ...

He published King Solomon’s Mines in 1885 ... He used this money to build the First Temple. The Bible speaks of his wealth ...

Solomon’s temple was built after the middle of the tenth century ... Jew from a family loyal to Rome, as King of Judaea after the Parthians invaded Palestine. This brought a final end to the ...