To: goldstategop
More than a thousand years. Solomon's temple dates from around 800 B.C. or so (whenever he ruled) and Islam didn't build Al-Aqsa until A.D. 700 or someting, more than a thousand years.
To: NWU Army ROTC
King David purchased the site from Ornan (sp) the Jebusite somewhere around 1004 B.C. ... that's when David made Jerusalem the capital of Israel ... Solomon would be not too long afterwards ...
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04/02/2004 8:29:21 AM PST by
Bobby777
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