V. =Gen. Asp. Isr.= 1. Pea. 2. Str. gov. 3. Wi. emp. 4. Abun. weal. 1.) Conq. 2.) Trib. 3.) Com. 4.) Tax. 5.) Pub. build. 5. Lit. act. VI. =Dan. Per.= 1. Abs. pow. 2. For. wor. 3. Lux. cor. mor. 4. Bur. tax. 5. Hea. cus. 6. Tri. jeal. Questions for Review Name five general aspects of Is'ra-el in Sol'o-mon's reign? What were the benefits of the peace at that time? What was the characteristic of Sol'o-mon's administration? What opportunity did the age give to a great empire for Is'ra-el? What were the sources of the wealth in Sol'o-mon's age? How was it a period of literary activity? What ancient legend illustrates the dangers of Sol'o-mon's age? What were some of the dangers? Wherein did Sol'o-mon set aside the Is'ra-el-ite constitution? What was the defect in the religion of Sol'o-mon's time? What evils resulted from the wealth of that time? What caused heavy taxation? What heathen customs were introduced? What showed that tribal jealousy was still existing? Hints to the Teacher and Class 1. See that the outline of the lesson is learned, with all its divisions and subdivisions. Let a scholar place each division of the outline on the blackboard in the form given in the Blackboard Outline, and then let another scholar read it to the class. 2. Have a map of Sol'o-mon's empire drawn, with each of the subject lands shown upon it. "Bound" the empire; that is, name the countries surrounding it. 3. Let the diagram of buildings on Mount Mo-ri'ah and O'phel be drawn by one pupil, and explained by another. 4. Let the Review Questions be studied until they can be answered correctly. ELEVENTH STUDY The Temple on Mount Moriah The most famous of all the buildings erected by Sol'o-mon, though by no means the largest, was the temple. It is so frequently mentioned in the Bible, and was so closely connected with the religious and secular history, both in the Old Testament and the New, that a detailed study of it is needed. I. =The Three Temples.= All these stood in succession upon the same site, and were arranged upon the same general plan. 1. _Sol'o-mon's Temple._ Built about B. C. 970, and standing until B. C. 587, when it was destroyed by the Bab-y-lo'ni-ans (2 Kings 25. 8, 9). 2. _Ze-rub'ba-bel's Temple._ After lying desolate more than fifty years the second temple was begun about B. C. 534, under Ze-rub'ba-bel, the ruler of the exiles returned from Bab'y-lon (Ezra 3. 8). This temple was far inferior in splendor to the first, but soon became the object of pilgrimage to Jews from all lands and the center of Jew'ish national and religious life.