Solomon S Temple Holy Of Holies

Known as the holy of holies kodesh kodashim it housed the two tablets of the ten commandments inside the ark of covenant.

Solomon s temple holy of holies. The holy of holies or kodesh hakodashim in hebrew also called the inner house was 20 cubits in length breadth and height. The veil of the holy of holies and the inner part of the temple represent the veil of the abyss on the tree of life behind which the shekhinah or divine presence hovers. The other places the holy of holies atop this rock thus explaining its elevation. Unfortunately the tablets disappeared when the babylonians destroyed the temple and therefore during the second temple era the holy of holies was reduced to small entirely bare room.

The traditions of this rock were sacred. The usual explanation for the discrepancy between its height and the 30 cubit height of the temple is that its floor was elevated like the cella of other ancient temples. Solomon s temple appears in solomon and sheba 1959 and in the novel king solomon s mines 1885. A special emplacement was cut in the rock for the ark of the covenant 1 kings 8 6 21.

Holy of holies of solomon s temple 3d model by brian olson upon entering the holy of holies you would find that the room is the shape of a perfect cube being 20 cubits wide long and tall. The walls were likewise overlaid with gold and decorated with cherubim palm trees and open flowers.