This description is about the catastrophic event that occurred in 586 BCE when the Babylonian Empire destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem. This event marked the end of the Kingdom of Judah and the beginning of the Babylonian Exile. The destruction of the temple was a devastating blow to the Jewish people and
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE. Its description is largely based on narratives in the Hebrew Bible, in which it was commissioned by biblical king Solomon, the son of King David, until it was destroyed during the Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE. According to Josephus, this was 470 years after it was built.