The Trillionaire Part 17

Here is more from Chapter 2 of my forthcoming 2015 book The Trillionaire & The Knights Templar:

“Now we are going to boggle your mind even further regarding interior items in Solomon’s palace. He ordered 200 large shields overlaid each with 15 POUNDS OF GOLD and another 300 smaller ones each with 4 POUNDS of gold per shield that were placed in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. With gold at $1260 per once today June 10, 2014 that would be a total of $45,360,000 just for the 200 larger shields and then you add the 300 smaller ones at $18,144,000 for a total of a staggering $63,504,000!

“The throne itself was awe inspiring for anyone approaching King Solomon. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest covered with the finest gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it with a figure of a lion at each step and at the back of the throne was the figure of a bull’s head and besides each of the armrest was the figure of a lion. As it says in 1 Kings there had never been a throne like it.”

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Hugh Simpson
RealityDesigner

The Trillionaire Part 16

Not only did King Solomon build a wonder of the world temple for God but he also built a palace compound never seen before in history and even today this compound would be mind boggling. You can learn about Solomon’s Palace by reading 1 Kings Chapters 7 through 8. Here is more from my forthcoming 2015 book The Trillionaire & The Knights Templar:

“It took 13 years to complete it. The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. It had three rows of cedar pillars 15 in each row with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was cedar and extended over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars. The Hall of Columns was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide with a covered porch supported by columns. The Throne Room had cedar panels from the floor to the rafters. Solomon’s own quarters were built like these buildings and so were the ones for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.

“All these buildings were also constructed of the fine stones used in the temple and went from the foundations to the eaves. Some of these fine cut stones were 12 feet long and others were 15 feet long. On top of these massive stones were other stones and cedar beams. The palace court, the inner court of the temple and the entrance room of the temple had walls with one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of cut stones.”

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Hugh Simpson
RealityDesigner

The Trillionaire Part 14

Continuing from where we left off in my new book The Trillionaire & The Knights Templar coming out in 2015, here is more about the Temple King Solomon was building for God.

“The interior was where the most attention and money was spent. The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from floor to ceiling and the floor made of pine. Both the room of the Most Holy Place and another in front of it were also were covered with cedar in order to cover the stones of the buildings. These cedar panels today would be very expensive to use in this large an area.

“In the rear of the temple was where the cherished Ark of the Covenant was kept. This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide and 30 feet high ALL COVERED WITH PURE GOLD! At the current June 10, 2014 price, an ounce of gold set at $1260 you can see that this room today would be almost prohibitive in costs to build! The altar in the room was also cedar panels.
Inside the temple was covered with gold and gold chains were placed across the entrance of the Most Holy Place, which was also covered in gold. Two winged creatures made of olive wood measuring 15 feet in height were placed in the Most Holy Place. All the flooring of this room was covered in gold. The double door leading into the Most Holy Place was made of olive wood and along with the winged creature statues were also covered with gold. The inner court was built in front of the temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.

“Solomon sent for Huram of Tyre who was the Number 1 bronze craftsman, who had been mentored by his father. The first project for Huram was two bronze columns that were placed at the entrance to the temple. Each column was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. On top was a bronze capital 71/2 feet tall. The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains and two rows of bronze pomegranates.

“Next Huram was commissioned to make a bronze tank 71/2 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter and 45 feet in circumference. Around the outer edge of the rim were two rows of bronze gourds. This tank rested on the back of twelve bronze bulls and could hold 10,000 gallons.

“Huram also made ten bronze carts each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide and 41/2 feet high. Each cart had four bronze wheels 25 inches high. Each cart also had a bronze basin that could hold 200 gallons. Five of these carts were placed on the south side of temple and the other five on the north side. The tank was placed at the southwest corner.”

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Hugh Simpson
RealityDesigner

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The Trillionaire Part 13

In the last post from my soon to be published book The Trillionaire & The Knights Templar I discussed that King Solomon had COMMITTED to God to fulfill the promise to build the GREATEST temple EVER to house the sacred ARK OF THE COVENANT.

Continuing:

“First Solomon sent a message to his father’s friend, King Hiram of Tyre, asking him to cut down the world famous cedars of Lebanon located in his area that were to be used extensively throughout the temple and King Solomon’s palace. King Hiram was very pleased because Solomon paid him handsomely for the trees and the work to bring them to where Solomon needed them. Hiram received 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil (just figure the price of that oil today!) for every year that it took to complete the project!

“This massive project of cutting down the trees was undertaken by 30,000 men drafted by King Solomon as forced labor. For cutting the stone used in the temple Solomon drafted another 80,000 and then 70,000 men carried the stones. There were 3,300 foremen in charge of the entire temple building project.

“The temple had the following dimensions: inside it was 90 feet long and 45 feet high. The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide. Against the outside walls a 3 storied annex was built with each story 71/2 feet high. Each room in the lowest story was 71/2 feet wide, in the middle story 9 feet wide and in the top story 101/2 feet wide. The ceilings and the beams were cedars of Lebanon.

“King Solomon required that the stones be prepared at the quarry as there was to be no noise in the area where the temple was being built!”

Solomon KNEW the importance of doing this temple for God RIGHT!

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Hugh Simpson
RealityDesigner

The Trillionaire Part 11

As promised today we begin our discussion about the RICHEST man EVER on Planet Earth – KING SOLOMON THE TRILLIONAIRE!

I will be quoting directly from my new ebook coming out in January 2015 entitled The Trillionaire & The Knights Templar. Later on in this series I am going to tell you how you can get a copy in advance for FREE!

“Of course Old Testament references say that God told Solomon that he would be the RICHEST man of all times! Here is the actual reference from the Old Testament that you can read for yourself: 1 Kings 3:10-14. For those not interested in looking it up for yourselves this is the place where God is pleased with Solomon for selecting WISDOM over riches and long life as what he wanted the most from God. So God gave him the wisdom as a young 20s something king and also the riches and long life. Most importantly he told King Solomon that he would be the RICHEST man then and FOREVER!
So how wealthy was King Solomon? It has been suggested that using current wealth based on the price of gold alone that King Solomon was worth hundreds of BILLIONS of US dollars! This did not include his palace grounds shown below.

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Hugh Simpson
RealityDesigner