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Article THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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The Site Of Solomon's Temple Discovered.
years , at length formed a conception of the exact site of the Old Temple of Solomon and Herod . To verify that conception , he visited the Haram for the purpose of making a reconnaissance survey and fixing upon two sites : 1 st . A base Hue of verification Avhich everybody would admit ,
from which offsets or perpendicular distances could be made to the given stations . 2 nd . A central station , from which a standard offset could be made , ancl conveniently joined to the base of verification ,
first standard offset by which all others Avere determined , The sides of the Court of Gentiles ( Herod's Court ) , Court of Israel , and Court of the Priests , and even ° f the Holy House itself , were then taken and treated as a series of offsets and
persuch central station to be a natural formation , and not a work of art ; all other sites and distances to be determined by these . The two standard sites were satisfactorily determined by that reconnaissance . The
western Avail of the Haram ash Sharif , or so much of it as was left standing by Titus when Jerusalem was destroyed , was selected as the base of verification ; the Sakhra was taken as the central station , and the line which joined the two together was the
pendiculars , and referred to the western walls as the base line for their verification as to length and breadth . The Sakhra was in fact a central station to the whole Temple Area . These two things—the western wall ,
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The Site Of Solomon's Temple Discovered.
years , at length formed a conception of the exact site of the Old Temple of Solomon and Herod . To verify that conception , he visited the Haram for the purpose of making a reconnaissance survey and fixing upon two sites : 1 st . A base Hue of verification Avhich everybody would admit ,
from which offsets or perpendicular distances could be made to the given stations . 2 nd . A central station , from which a standard offset could be made , ancl conveniently joined to the base of verification ,
first standard offset by which all others Avere determined , The sides of the Court of Gentiles ( Herod's Court ) , Court of Israel , and Court of the Priests , and even ° f the Holy House itself , were then taken and treated as a series of offsets and
persuch central station to be a natural formation , and not a work of art ; all other sites and distances to be determined by these . The two standard sites were satisfactorily determined by that reconnaissance . The
western Avail of the Haram ash Sharif , or so much of it as was left standing by Titus when Jerusalem was destroyed , was selected as the base of verification ; the Sakhra was taken as the central station , and the line which joined the two together was the
pendiculars , and referred to the western walls as the base line for their verification as to length and breadth . The Sakhra was in fact a central station to the whole Temple Area . These two things—the western wall ,