בית המקדש · Beit HaMikdach

Kodesh HaKodashim

Chains before the Devir

רתוקות זהב

Ratukot zahav

See it in the tour

Golden chains stretched before the Devir, the Kodesh HaKodashim. In the tour: three chainlets beneath the ceiling, stretched from one wall to the other, before the parokhet.

Dimensions

  • three chainlets beneath the ceiling, wall to wall, before the parokhet (the tour's choice)

Sources

  • I Kings 6:21“וַיְעַבֵּר בְּרַתּוּקוֹת זָהָב לִפְנֵי הַדְּבִיר”

Project decisionTour's choice: the verse says golden chains run before the Devir (I Kings 6:21), without giving their number or height; the tour stretches three beneath the ceiling. An element of the First Temple, included like the Bronze Sea.