Canaan at sites such as at Hazor and Lachish.68 Model shrines also reflect both antechambers and most holy places.69 Hurowitz (1994, 37) discusses the architecture of Solomon’s temple in light of what is known about other ancient Near Eastern temples and palaces. He concludes that the temple of Solomon was decorated with floral patterns in symbolism of the garden that often surrounded temples and palaces, that the pillars Yachin and Boaz represented the trees of life and knowledge as in the Garden
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