When was Solomon's temple built?
The first temple, built by Solomon, dates to about 960 B.C. in round figures. David was about 1000 B.C. and ruled forty years before Solomon, so the first temple was built approximately 960 B.C. That is the date given for Israel's first temple.
Les explains that in Israel's history there have really been two temples in the past, and the third is about to come on the scene. The first temple of course was the one built by Solomon, and that goes back not quite 960 B.C., just in round figures, because David was about a thousand and he ruled forty years before Solomon did. So about 960 B.C. Israel had the first temple. The second temple was rebuilt first by Ezra as the people came back from the Babylonian captivity, but it was pretty makeshift and not like the beauty of Solomon's temple. Then Herod the Great remodeled, extended, and enlarged the second temple, which was the temple at Christ's first coming and the one the disciples were talking about in Matthew 24.