The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple (; , ), refers to the two now-destroyed religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to the Hebrew Bible, the First Temple was built in 957 BCE / 2803 AM, during the reign of Solomon over the United Kingdom of Israel. It stood for 371 years (until / 3173 AM), when it was destroyed during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. Almost a century later, the First Temple was replaced by the Second Temple, which was built after the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Persian Empire. While the Second Temple stood for a longer period of time than the First Temple (585 years), it was destroyed during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Projects to build the hypothetical "Third Temple" have not come to fruition in the modern era, though the Temple in Jerusalem still features prominently in Judaism. Today, the Temple Mount is the site of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, with the latter having a high level of significance as the third-holiest site in Islam. Etymology The Hebrew name given in the Hebrew Bible for the building complex is either Mikdash (), as used in Exodus, or simply Bayt / Beit Adonai (), as used in 1 Chronicles. In rabbinic literature, the temple sanctuary is Beit HaMikdash (), meaning, "The Holy House", and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name. In classic English texts, however, the word "Temple" is used interchangeably, sometimes having the strict connotation of the Temple precincts, with its courts (), while at other times having the strict connotation of the Temple Sanctuary (). While Greek and Hebrew texts make this distinction, English texts do not always do so. Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses Maimonides gave the following definition of "Temple" in his Mishne Torah (Hil. Beit Ha-Bechirah): They are enjoined to make, in what concerns it (i.e. the building of the Temple), a holy site and an inner-sanctum, and where there is positioned in front of the holy site a certain place that is called a 'Hall' (). The three of these places are called 'Sanctuary' (). They are [also] enjoined to make a different partition surrounding the Sanctuary, distant from it, similar to the screen-like