>> solomon's greatest accomplishment was the construction of the temple in jerusalem. and this was a house. >> solomon's father david had brought the arc of covenant to jerusalem and plant it on apparently a rocky high point overlooking the city. what solomon does on top of that rocky, solomon built built a pet house to the god of israel. >> the place where the first temple built by solomon stood. all of a sudden on top of the rock is the foundation of the dome of the rock. the islamic edifice that stands there today, it is the most holy place in western and middle eastern civilization.