As far as physical evidence of the first temple, I don't know if any exist. However, the Bible makes it clear that Phoenicians were employed to help with the architecture and construction of the Temple. To give the Temple more credence, there is an extra-biblical account inscribed on the Moabite Stone.
where does it talk about the ark in the stone though, i read the wiki entry and it only talks about the stone being made by mesha, omri being a real person and the controversal claims about the stone speaking of the house of david
where does it speak about the temple, it says the vessels of yahweh, but it may mean the cerimonal items they plundered, nothing on the temple though
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