ROMAN. 



The above table might be rendered more copious and 

 greatly extended : and it might also have been differently- 

 arranged in several ways, each of which would have had 

 something to recommend it, according to the purpose for 

 which it may happen to be consulted. Chronological 

 order, for instance, if the respective dates could be : 

 tained with tolerable accuracy, may be considered prefer- 

 able by some persons ; or the buildings might have been 

 clBMtfted according to the number of columns in front, 

 and as being in iittti*. /u->n/i//i'. ja-rijilfrnl, Ste. ; or else 

 according to their relative size and dimensions. In fact a 

 separate table is required for each mode of classification 

 and arrangement ; but as that could not be done, we have 

 adopted what we consider the must satisfactory upon the 

 whole. We may however render it in some measure more 

 complete by here pointing out that the (/.*////> examples 

 mentioned m it are the Temple- of .Jupiter, Athens; Diana, 

 Ephesns; Apollo, Miletus: Juno. S:mn^: \enns and 

 Roma, Rome : and the great temple at BAALHEC. As 

 regards dimensions and relative size, the following arc the 

 largest structures, viz. : 



Wi.llti of Kiimt. I<.n-(li. 



Ephesns . . . 2'20 feet 42.-. 1'eet. 



Agrigentum, Great Temple 182 :;ii 



Selimis, Great Temple . ICO :):)() 



\ eiins and Roma . IKi :t.Vi 



Athens, Parthenon . 100 22H 



Temple of Jupiter . . 'M liv.) 



By way of affording a standard of comparison, we add the 

 dimensions ol St. Paul's. London, and La Madeleine, at Paris, 

 viz.: the former, lHobv">iK>; the other 138 by 328 feet. 



TKMPLK, SOLOMON'S. For 4-17 yearn lifter the II. - 

 brew* had entered the land of Canaan they continued to 

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worship at the tabernacle which had been framed for their 

 use in the Wilderness. The incongruity of n settled people 

 having only a tent for the celebration of their splendid 

 ritual service first occurred to the mind of David. It ap- 

 peared unseemly to him that the Ark of God should still 

 dwell between curtains,' while he abode himself in ' a 

 house of cedar,' and he therefore proposed to build a 

 temple in which the worship of God might be more be- 

 comingly conducted (I dhruii., xvii. 1). The prophet 

 Nathan "was however commissioned to inform him that 

 having been engaged in constant warfare, and shed much 

 human blood, he could not be allowed to execute the 

 design he had formed, which was to be reserved for the 

 peaceful reign of his son Solomon. This undertaking was 

 however a principal subject of David's thought and care 

 during the remainder of his reign ; and to it he appro- 

 priated a large proportion of the immense treasure which 

 ins many victories produced. He may be said to have 

 provided all, or nearly all, the materials before his death ; 

 consisting of large but variously estimated quantities of 

 gold and silver, brass and iron, stone and timber. He also 

 secured the services of skilful mechanics and artificers for 

 every branch of the work, and furnished the design, plan, 

 and site of the building ; so that more of the credit of this 

 work seems due to David than to Solomon (1 C'/iron., xxi.; 

 xxii.; xxviii. 11-19). 



The foundation of the Temple was laid in B.C. 1012, 

 being the fourth year of Solomon's reign ; and in seven 

 and a half it was completed. During this time 

 IKi.lKMt persons were employed on the work. Of Jews 

 there were IKUXK) scrung by rotation of 10,000 monthly; 

 and of Canaanites there Were 153,G(K), of whom 70,000 

 were labourers, 80,000 hewers of wood and stone, and 



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