Temple: Solomon's

Called also:

TEMPLE OF THE LORD,

2Ki 11:10;

HOLY TEMPLE,

Psa 79:1;

HOLY HOUSE,

1Ch 29:3;

HOUSE OF GOD,

1Ch 29:2; 2Ch 23:9;

HOUSE OF THE LORD,

2Ch 23:5, 12; Jer 28:5;

FATHER'S HOUSE,

Jhn 2:16;

HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB,

Isa 2:3;

HOUSE OF MY GLORY,

Isa 60:7;

HOUSE OF PRAYER,

Isa 56:7; Mat 21:13;

HOUSE OF SACRIFICE,

2Ch 7:12;

HOUSE OF THEIR SANCTUARY,

2Ch 36:17;

HOLY AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE,

Isa 64:11;

HOLY MOUNT,

Isa 27:13;

MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE,

Isa 2:2;

PALACE,

1Ch 29:1, 19;

SANCTUARY,

2Ch 20:8;

TABERNACLE OF WITNESS,

2Ch 24:6;

ZION,

Psa 20:2; 48:12; 74:2; 87:2; Isa 2:3.

Temple: Greatness Of

2Ch 2:5, 6

Beauty of,

Isa 64:11.

Holiness of,

1Ki 8:10; 9:3; Lam 1:10; Mat 23:17; Jhn 2:14-16.

Temple: David Undertakes the Building Of

2Sa 7:2, 3; 1Ch 22:7; 28:2; Psa 132:2-5; Act 7:46;

forbidden by God because David was a man of war,

2Sa 7:4-12; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8; 28:3.

Not asked for by God,

2Sa 7:7.

The building of, committed to Solomon,

2Sa 7:13.

David makes preparation for,

1Ch 22; 28:14-18; 29:1-5; 2Ch 3:1; 5:1.

Built by Solomon,

Act 7:47.

Solomon drafts men for the building of,

1Ki 5:13-16; 2Ch 2:2, 17, 18.

Temple: Materials For

Furnished by Hiram,

1Ki 5:8-18.

Pattern and building of,

1Ki 6; 7:13-51; 1Ch 28:11-19; 2Ch 3; 4; Act 7:47.

The time when begun,

1Ki 6:1, 37; 2Ch 3:2;

finished,

1Ki 6:38.

Site of,

1Ch 21:28-30; 22:1; 2Ch 3:1;

where Abraham offered Isaac,

Gen 22:2, 4.

Temple: Materials Prepared For

1Ki 5:17, 18

No tools used in the erection of,

1Ki 6:7.

Foundations of,

1Ki 5:17, 18; Luk 21:5.

Temple: Apartments and Furnishings Of:

The oracle or holy of holies, in,

1Ki 6:19, 20; 8:6.

Called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE;

2Ch 3:8,

THE INNER HOUSE;

1Ki 6:27,

THE HOLIEST OF ALL;

Hbr 9:3.

Description of,

1Ki 6:16, 19-35; 2Ch 3:8-14; 4:22.

Gold used in,

2Ch 3:8-10.

Contents of the holy of holies:

ark of the covenant,

1Ki 6:19; 8:6; 2Ch 5:2-10;

        see ARK;

cherubims,

1Ki 6:23-28; 2Ch 3:10-13; 5:7, 8.

See ARK; CHERUBIM; VAIL; MERCY SEAT

Temple: Holy Place

1Ki 8:8, 10

Called THE GREATER HOUSE,

2Ch 3:5;

TEMPLE,

1Ki 6:17.

Description of,

1Ki 6:15-18; 2Ch 3:3, 5-7, 14-17.

Contents of the Holy Place:

The table of shewbread,

1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 29:18.

        See SHEWBREAD, TABLE OF

Other tables of gold and silver,

1Ch 28:16; 2Ch 4:18, 19.

Candlesticks and their utensils,

1Ki 7:49, 50; 1Ch 28:15; 2Ch 4:7, 20-22.

        See CANDLESTICK

Altar of incense, and its furniture,

1Ki 6:20; 7:48, 50; 1Ch 28:17, 18; 2Ch 4:19, 22.

        See ALTAR OF INCENSE

Temple: Porch Of

Called PORCH OF THE LORD,

2Ch 15:8.

Dimensions of,

1Ki 6:3; 2Ch 3:4.

Doors of,

2Ch 29:7.

Overlaid with gold,

2Ch 3:4.

Pillars of,

1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ki 11:14; 23:3; 25:17; 2Ch 3:15-17; 4:12, 13.

Temple: Chambers Of

1Ki 6:5-10; 2Ki 11:2, 3

Offerings brought to,

Neh 10:37-39.

Treasuries in, see TREASURE

Temple: Courts Of:

Of the priests,

2Ch 4:9;

inner,

1Ki 6:36;

surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams,

1Ki 6:36; 7:12.

Contents of the courts:

Altar of burnt offering,

2Ch 15:8;

        see ALTAR;

the bronze sea,

1Ki 7:23-37, 44, 46; 2Ch 4:2-5, 10;

ten lavers,

1Ki 7:38-46; 2Ch 4:6.

Great court of,

2Ch 4:9; Jer 19:14; 26:2.

Covered place for the Sabbath and king's entry,

2Ki 16:18.

Temple: Gates Of:

Higher gate,

2Ki 15:35;

new gate,

Jer 26:10; 36:10;

beautiful gate,

Act 3:2;

eastern gate, closed on working days, open on the Sabbath day,

Eze 46:1, 12.

Gifts received at,

2Ch 24:8-11.

Temple: Uses of the Temple:

A dwelling place of the Lord,

1Ki 8:10, 11, 13; 9:3; 2Ki 21:7; 1Ch 29:1; 2Ch 5:13, 14; 7:1-3, 16; Eze 10:3, 4; Mic 1:2;

to contain the ark of the covenant,

1Ki 8:21;

for the offering of sweet incense,

2Ch 2:4;

for the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings,

2Ch 2:4;

for prayer and worship,

Lu 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Ac 3:1; 22:17; 1Ki 8; 2Ki 19:14, 15; 2Ch 30:27; Isa 27:13; 56:7; Jer 7:2; 26:2; Eze 46:2, 3, 9; Zec 7:2, 3; 8:21, 22; Mar 11:17; Luk 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Act 3:1; 22:17;

prayer made toward,

1Ki 8:38; Dan 6:10; Jon 2:4;

for an armory,

2Ki 11:10; 2Ch 23:9,10;

for refuge,

2Ki 11:15; Neh 6:10, 11.

Temple: Facts About:

Dedication of,

1Ki 8; 2Ch 5; 6; 7;

services in, organized by David,

1Ch 15:16; 23:24.

Pillaged by Shishak,

1Ki 14:25, 26;

by Jehoash, king of Israel,

2Ki 14:14.

Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah,

2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:7-14;

by Josiah,

2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:8-13.

Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in,

2Ki 16:10-17.

Purified by Hezekiah,

2Ch 29:15-19.

Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh,

2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4-7.

Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace:

by Asa, from Ben-hadad,

1Ki 15:18;

by Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael,

2Ki 12:18;

by Hezekiah, from the king of Assyri,

2Ki 18:15, 16.

Ezekiel's vision concerning,

Eze 8:16.

Jews swore by,

Mat 23:16-22.

Temple: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

And the valuable contents carried to Babylon,

2Ki 24:13; 25:9-17; 2Ch 36:7, 19; Psa 79:1; Isa 64:11; Jer 27:16, 19-22; 28:3; 52:13, 17-23; Lam 2:7; 4:1; Ezr 1:7.

Vessels of, used by Belshazzar,

Dan 5:2, 3.

Temple: Destruction Of Foretold

Isa 66:6; Jer 27:18-22; Eze 7:22, 25; Mat 24:2; Mar 13:2

Temple: Restoration Of

Ordered by Cyrus,

Ezr 1:7-11.

Temple: The Second:

Restored by Zerubbabel,

Ezr 1; 2:68, 69; 3:2-13; 4; 5:2-17; 6:3-5; Neh 7:70-72; Isa 44:28; Hag 2:3.

Building of, suspended,

Ezr 4;

resumed,

Ezr 4:24; 5; 6; Hag 1:2-9; 2:15; Zec 8:9;

finished,

Ezr 6:14, 15;

dedicated,

Ezr 6:15-18.

Artaxerxes' favorable action toward,

Ezr 7:11-28; 8:25-34.

Prophecies of its restoration,

Isa 44:28; Dan 8:13, 14; Hag 1; 2; Zec 1:16; 4:8-10; 6:12-15; 8:9-15; Mal 3:1.

Temple: Ezekiel's Vision Of

Eze 37:26, 28; 40:48

Temple: Herod the Great's Temple

Forty-six years in building,

Jhn 2:20.

Very beautiful stones of,

Mar 13:1; Luk 21:5.

Magnificence of,

Mat 24:1.

Beautiful gate of,

Act 3:10.

Solomon's porch,

Jhn 10:23; Act 3:11; 5:12.

Treasury of,

Mar 12:41-44.

Zacharias, officiating priest in, has a vision of an angel; receives promise of a son,

Luk 1:5-23; with Luk 1:57-64.

Jesus brought to, according to the law and custom,

Luk 2:21-39;

Simeon blesses the infant Jesus in,

Luk 2:25-35;

Anna, the prophetess, lives in,

Luk 2:36, 37.

Jesus in, when a youth,

Luk 2:46;

Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation,

Mat 4:5-7; Luk 4:9-12;

Jesus teaches in,

Mar 11:27-33; 12:35-44; 14:49; Jhn 5:14-17; 7:14-28; 8; 10:23-38; 18:20;

Jesus performs miracles in,

Mat 21:14, 15;

Jesus expels money-exchangers from,

Mat 21:12, 13; Mar 11:15-17; Luk 19:45, 46; Jhn 2:15, 16.

Captains of,

Luk 22:52; Act 4:1; 5:24, 26.

Judas casts down the pieces of silver in,

Mat 27:5.

Curtain of, torn at the time of the crucifixion,

Mat 27:51.

The disciples worship in, after the resurrection,

Luk 24:53; Act 2:46; 3:1.

Peter heals the lame man at the gate of,

Act 3:1-16.

Disciples preach in,

Act 5:20, 21, 42.

Paul's vision in,

Act 22:17-21.

Paul observes the rights of,

Act 21:26-30;

is apprehended in,

Act 21:33.

Prophecies concerning its destruction, by Daniel,

Dan 8:11-15; 11:30, 31.

Jesus foretells the destruction of,

Mat 24; Mar 13:2; Luk 21:6.

Temple: Figurative:

Of the body of Jesus,

Mat 26:61; 27:40; Jhn 2:19.

Of the indwelling of God,

1Cr 3:16, 17; 2Cr 6:16.

Of the Church,

Eph 2:21; 2Th 2:4; Rev 3:12.

Of the kingdom of Christ,

Rev 11; 14:15, 17.

Of Christ, the head of the Church, sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil,

Rev 15:5-8; 16:1-17.

Temple: Idolatrous

Of Dagon, at Ashdod,

1Sa 5:2;

of the calves, at Beth-el,

1Ki 12:31, 33;

of Rimmon, at Damascus,

2Ki 5:18;

of Baal, at Samaria,

2Ki 10:21, 27;

at Babylon,

2Ch 36:7; Dan 1:2;

of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus,

Act 19:27.

Trophies stored in,

1Sa 31:10; 1Ch 10:9, 10; Dan 1:2.

See TABERNACLE