temple of jerusalem

Temple of Jerusalem
    n 1: any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as
         the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple
         contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon
         in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in
         586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an
         enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed
         by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that
         remains is the Wailing Wall [syn: {Temple of Jerusalem},
         {Temple of Solomon}]