80 — Person: Solomon

Number: 80

Person: Solomon

Action: Building the temple (the house for the name of the LORD)

Object: Temple

Scripture connection: 1 Kings 6:1 — In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, he began to build the house of the LORD.

Memory hook: 80 = Chet = inner room; 1 Kgs 6. Solomon and the temple — the number 80 is the king who built the house where the glory dwelt.

Why this number? 80 = Chet = inner room; 1 Kgs 6. Solomon built the temple; the number 80 ties him to the Hebrew letter and the house of the LORD.