Video from Historical Sites in Israel
Nidbach Raba - The Great Stone of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
"The first Temple was built on Temple Mount by King Solomon in the 10th century BC. In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, destroyed Jerusalem along with the Temple by setting it on fire. 70 years later, in 516 BC the second Temple was built in the same place, yet very modest by those returning from Babylon to Zion. This temple stood in its place and was used until the days of Herod. Herod, king of Judea under Rome control, was known for his colossal building projects. He decided to build the largest sacred complex throughout the Roman Empire. There were several reasons for this, and those are explained in the video. At the height of Huldah gates threshold in the southern wall, there is a row of huge stones named Nidbach Raba, which is the 28th row from the mountain surface. The height of its stones is close to twice the average and it runs along the southern and western wall of the Temple Mount complex. This tier was probably used as a kind of stabilizing and binding tightening belt in the complex structure of the walls of the Temple Mount which required additional reinforcement mainly on the sides where the construction rose to a particularly high height. The weight of one of its stones integrated in the southeast corner is one hundred tons. Also, a stone of unusual size was discovered in the western wall. This specific stone is the largest ever seen in Israel and it’s named the Western Stone. Its length reaches 13.6 meters, its height is 3.3 meters and its thickness is approx. 4.6 meters. It is one of the largest building stones in the ancient world and its weight is estimated at hundreds of tons. It is stated in several places that it weighs over 500 tons. For more information in English visit: https://historicalsitesinisrael.com/e... For more information in Hebrew visit: https://historicalsitesinisrael.com/%... Yehuda Holtzman" from the video introduction
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