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The Temple of Herod
History of Herod’s Temple History tells us that in 20BC, King Herod started restoring the Temple that started in the time of Nehemiah, and it took about 80 years with 18,000 men to build the temple and finished around 64BC. And six years later the whole temple compound was totally destroyed. Solomon’s temple and Zerubbabel’s temple, including the Hasmonean additions, were confined to the top of the hill called Mount Moriah, bounded on the east and south by the Kidron Valley and to the west by the Tyropoean Valley. The temple faced east toward the Mount of Olives. To the north of the mount was the Roman Antonia Fortress, and to the west and south was the city of Jerusalem. In order to enlarge the sacred platform, Herod expanded the area of the Temple Mount to the south and west by fill and erecting a series of arched vaults. He thus doubled the size of Solomon’s temple mount. According to the Mishnah, Solomon’s temple mount was a square of 500 cubits on each side (861 feet/262...
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