The temple built by Solomon in cedar was modeled after the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, which Moses had built at Godโs command, but was twice or more in size. In both the tabernacle and the temple, the things enshrined in the Holy Place (Kodesh) and in the Holy of Holies (Kodesh HaKodeshim), were the same. What was being enshrined in the Holy of Holies? The Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of the Most Holy Presence (Shekinah), was a wooden box about two and a half feet hig