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Masonic Depiction of Solomon’s Temple

One of the first articles at the front of this Masonic Bible is titled The First Authentic
Restoration of King Solomon’s Temple and Citadel. The restoration is credited to John
Wesley Kelchner and a statement precedes the article and following images.

Exactly the spectacle beheld by the eyes of Solomon when his artisans had finished.
Harvey Wiley Corbett, Architect

Following is an excerpt from this article.

How the Designs, Drawings and Pictures Were Obtained.

It is known to every reader of the Bible and student of Solomon’s days, that an amazingly
exact description of the Temple and its associated structures has been carried down from
the mists of antiquity by the Scriptures. Lineal measurements, materials employed, and
ornamental detail are so graphically presented that restoration of the Temple at any time
within a score of centuries past, awaited only the coming of a man with the vision to
recognize its historic value, and the imagination to undertake the task.

Notwithstanding the universal interest in King Solomon’s Temple, a fascination which has
created innumerable legends and romances during the intervening centuries, the
incredible fact remains that no adequate effort to restore the Temple was made until John
Wesley Kelchner, Archaeoligist, Bible Student and Lecturer, began thirty years ago to
make real his vision of the scriptural description.
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It is espoused that the images created of Solomon’s Temple are accurate, having followed
precisely the Biblical details of its construction. The reality, however, is that the images of
Solomon’s Temple have no relation to the Bible, but are actually drawings of historic