It was this detail that encouraged many critics to try and decode the "seven pillar" section of "A Song of David" along the lines of Masonic imagery. The poem follows two traditional sets of motions common to Freemason writing that mimic the image of Jacob's Ladder: movement from earth to heaven and movement from heaven to earth. This image further connects Freemason belief surrounding the relationship of David to Solomon's Temple. While these images, and further images in "A Song to David" are related also to depictions of the Temple in Isaac Newton's "Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended" (1728), the John Bunyan's "Solomon's Temple Spiritualiz'd" (1688), and to the Geneva Bible, these works were relied on by the Freemasons.