solomon's wisdom may have attracted those seek is his counsel, so too would the temple he's said to have built. >> solomon's temple was an astonishing building. >> in the bible, pages and pages are devoted to the temple. >> the temple was built as a replica of the garden of eden where human beings and gods lived closely one another. >> and through the ages, people imagine what it might have looked like. >> it's a very common human yearning to feel that god is here among us. and that in this abode we have built, that is where god dwells with us on earth. >> and the bible says that solomon placed the ark of the covenant at the center of the temple in the most sacred spot. but it said that the temple was destroyed when the babylonians came to jerusalem around 600 bc. and ever since then, this is where many people believe that