Solomon's Porch

Solomon's Porch, Portico or Colonnade (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12), was a colonnade, or cloister, located on the eastern side of the Temple's Outer Court (Women's Court) in Jerusalem, named after Solomon, King of Israel, and not to be confused with the Royal Stoa, which was on the southern side of Herod's temple.

Josephus speaks of the wall and of the cloister/porch that King Solomon built east of the Temple House:

NOW this temple, as I have already said, was built upon a strong hill. At first the plain at the top was hardly sufficient for the holy house and the altar, for the ground about it was very uneven, and like a precipice; but when King Solomon, who was the person that built the temple, had built a wall to it on its east side, there was then added one cloister founded on a bank cast up for it, and on the other parts the holy house stood naked. (War of the Jews - Book 5, Ch. 5 , Para 1.)

Josephus also describes Herod's Royal Stoa, a Porch, Portico, or Colonnade in Herod's Temple.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Solomon's Porch". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

External links

• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Court (in Scripture)" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. - Description of Solomon's Porch
• The Work of Flavius Josephus, War of the Jews - Book 5, Ch. 5 , Para 1