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|arab=الحرم القدسي الشريف
|arab=الحرم القدسي الشريف
|arabr=al-Haram al-Qudsī ash-Sharīf (Noble Sanctuary)
|arabr=al-Haram al-Qudsī ash-Sharīf (Noble Sanctuary)
}}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the site of a temple where the ancient Israelites kept the [[Ark of the Covenant]]. King [[Solomon]] built the first temple at this site in 957 BC on a threshing floor purchased by his father David.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Chronicles|3:1|ESV}}</ref> Solomon's temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylonia in 587/586 BC.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Kings|25:9|ESV}}</ref> It was rebuilt by [[Zerubbabel]] under King [[Cyrus]] of Persia in 515 BC<ref>{{bibleverse||Ezra|5:2-5|ESV}} and {{bibleverse||Ezra|6:3-5|ESV}}.</ref> and by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC.
}}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical [[Mount Moriah]], is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the site of a temple where the ancient Israelites kept the [[Ark of the Covenant]]. King [[Solomon]] built the first temple at this site in 957 BC on a threshing floor purchased by his father David.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Chronicles|3:1|ESV}}</ref> Solomon's temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylonia in 587/586 BC.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Kings|25:9|ESV}}</ref> It was rebuilt by [[Zerubbabel]] under King [[Cyrus]] of Persia in 515 BC<ref>{{bibleverse||Ezra|5:2-5|ESV}} and {{bibleverse||Ezra|6:3-5|ESV}}.</ref> and by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC.
When Jesus went to temple in the first century AD, he angrily overturned the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 135. This temple was destroyed by Emperor Constantine in 325.
When Jesus went to temple in the first century AD, he angrily overturned the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 135. This temple was destroyed by Emperor Constantine in 325.