Isn't that beautiful? solomon waited four whole years. before he contracted about 3,000 contractors, mostly from the King of Tyre, to build it. King of Tyre given 20 towns in Israel for constructing the Temple Some say, solomon conscripted about 200,000 local workers, to help build - without pay The First Temple was built in about seven and a half years After that, solomon spent THIRTEEN years, to build HIS own palace Remember - THIRTEEN years Somewhere, around this time, some say he wrote - Song of Solomon. Some say, nothing more than an erotic, youthful poem. Some say, a type of Christ and Church. Look at all the beautiful components of the First Temple Do your research on each of them Look at the beauty of the bronze pillars The pillars were named Boaz, and Jachin Research, how Free Masonry goes to great detail, just describing the pillars Look at the lillies on top of the pillar Look at the chains of a hundred pomegranates, under the lillies, at the top of the standing pillar Click on the chains of a hundred pomegranates Look how solomon lived his life