entrance of Solomon’s Temple

E315257

architectural element religious building entrance

The entrance of Solomon’s Temple was the grand eastern doorway to the First Temple in Jerusalem, flanked by the two monumental bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
entrance of Solomon’s Temple canonical	2
pillar of Solomon's Temple	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural element ⓘ religious building entrance ⓘ
accessedFrom	Holy of Holies ⓘ surface form: inner court of Solomon’s Temple
associatedRitual	entry of priests into the sanctuary ⓘ
associatedWith	pillars Boaz and Jachin ⓘ surface form: Jachin and Boaz King Solomon ⓘ surface form: Solomon Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
culturalContext	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
decoratedWith	carvings of cherubim ⓘ open flowers ⓘ palm trees ⓘ
describedIn	1 Kings ⓘ surface form: 1 Kings 6 1 Kings 7 ⓘ 2 Chronicles 3 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
destroyedBy	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
destroyedIn	Babylonian destruction of First Temple ⓘ
facedDirection	east ⓘ
flankedBy	Boaz ⓘ Jachin ⓘ two bronze pillars ⓘ
hasComponent	doorposts ⓘ folding doors ⓘ lintel ⓘ
hasFunction	main entrance to the sanctuary ⓘ
hasGateType	doorway with folding doors ⓘ
hasOrientation	east–west axis ⓘ
hasStatus	monumental entrance ⓘ
influenced	later Jewish temple architecture ⓘ symbolism of temple gates in Judaism ⓘ
locatedIn	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: First Temple Jerusalem ⓘ
material	gold overlay ⓘ wood ⓘ
mentionedIn	Masoretic Text ⓘ
noLongerExists	true ⓘ
partOf	Solomon's Temple ⓘ surface form: Solomon’s Temple
religiousSignificance	entrance to the dwelling place of God in Israelite belief ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
separatedFrom	Holy of Holies ⓘ
studiedIn	biblical archaeology ⓘ history of ancient Near Eastern architecture ⓘ
symbolism	divine presence ⓘ transition from outer courts to Holy Place ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jachin → stoodAt → entrance of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ

Boaz → stoodAt → entrance of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ

Yakhin → isAssociatedWith → entrance of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: pillar of Solomon's Temple