The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to one of a series of structures which were historically located on the Temple Mount

Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as , and in Arabic as the Haram Ash-Sharif , is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years...

 in the Old City of Jerusalem, the current site of the Dome of the Rock

Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The structure has been refurbished many times since its initial completion in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik...

. Historically, these successive temples stood at this location and functioned as the centre of ancient Israelite and later Jewish worship. According to classical Jewish belief

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

, the Temple acted as the figurative "footstool" of God's presence and a Third Temple

The Third Temple

The Third Temple, or Ezekiel's Temple , is a temple architecturally described in the Book of Ezekiel...

 will be built there in the future

Jewish eschatology

Jewish eschatology is concerned with the Jewish Messiah, afterlife, and the revival of the dead. Eschatology, generically, is the area of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, the ultimate destiny of humanity, and related concepts.-The Messiah:The...

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The Bible

Bible

The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

 reports that the First Temple was built in 957 BCE by King Solomon (reigned c.970-c.930 BCE).