Temple
228 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
140 sections
- Ezekiel's Vision of
- Herod the Great's Temple: 46 Years in Building
- Herod the Great's Temple: Anna, the Prophetess, Lives In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Captains of (I. E. the Temple Security Guard)
- Herod the Great's Temple: Curtain of, Torn at the Time of the Crucifixion
- Herod the Great's Temple: Disciples Preach In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Brought To, According to the Law and Custom
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Expels Money-Exchangers From
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Foretells the Destruction of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus In, when a Youth
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Performs Miracles In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Taken to the Pinnacle of, During his Temptation
- Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Teaches In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Judas Casts Down the Pieces of Silver In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Magnificence of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Paul is Apprehended In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Paul Observes the Rights of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Paul's Vision In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Peter Heals the Lame Man at the Gate of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Prophecies Concerning Its Destruction, by Daniel
- Herod the Great's Temple: Simeon Blesses the Infant Jesus In
- Herod the Great's Temple: Solomon's Porch (Portico)
- Herod the Great's Temple: The Beautiful Gate
- Herod the Great's Temple: The Disciples Worship In, After the Resurrection
- Herod the Great's Temple: Treasury of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Very Beautiful Stones of
- Herod the Great's Temple: Zacharias, officiating Priest In, Has a Vision of an Angel
- Idolatrous of Baal, at Samaria
- Idolatrous of Dagon, at Ashdod
- Idolatrous of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus
- Idolatrous of Rimmon, at Damascus
- Idolatrous of the Calves, at Beth-El
- Idolatrous: At Babylon
- Idolatrous: Trophies Stored In
- Sending Forth the Forces of Righteousness Against the Powers of Evil
- Solomon's by Asa, from Ben-Hadad
- Solomon's by Hezekiah, from the King of Assyria
- Solomon's by Jehoash, King of Israel
- Solomon's by Jehoash, King of Judah, from Hazael
- Solomon's by Josiah
- Solomon's for an Armory
- Solomon's for Prayer and Worship
- Solomon's for Refuge
- Solomon's for the Continual Shewbread and the Burnt offerings
- Solomon's for the offering of Sweet Incense
- Solomon's of the Priests
- Solomon's: A Dwelling Place of the Lord
- Solomon's: Ahaz Changes the Pattern of the Altar In
- Solomon's: Also Called Temple of the Lord
- Solomon's: Beautiful Gate
- Solomon's: Beauty of
- Solomon's: Built by Solomon
- Solomon's: Called Temple
- Solomon's: Called the Greater House
- Solomon's: Called the Most Holy House
- Solomon's: Chambers of
- Solomon's: Converted Into an Idolatrous Shrine by Manasseh
- Solomon's: David Makes Preparation For
- Solomon's: David Undertakes the Building of
- Solomon's: Dedication of
- Solomon's: Description of
- Solomon's: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Valuable Contents Carried to Babylon
- Solomon's: Destruction of, Foretold
- Solomon's: Dimensions of
- Solomon's: Doors of
- Solomon's: Eastern Gate, Closed on Working Days, Open on the Sabbath Day
- Solomon's: Ezekiel's Vision Concerning
- Solomon's: Father's House
- Solomon's: Forbidden by God Because David Was a Man of War
- Solomon's: Foundations of
- Solomon's: Gifts Received At
- Solomon's: Gold Used In
- Solomon's: Greatness of
- Solomon's: Higher Gate
- Solomon's: Holiness of
- Solomon's: Holy and Beautiful House
- Solomon's: Holy House
- Solomon's: Holy Mount
- Solomon's: Holy Temple
- Solomon's: House of God
- Solomon's: House of My Glory
- Solomon's: House of Prayer
- Solomon's: House of Sacrifice
- Solomon's: House of the God of Jacob
- Solomon's: House of the Lord
- Solomon's: House of Their Sanctuary
- Solomon's: Inner
- Solomon's: Jews Swore By
- Solomon's: Materials For, Furnished by Hiram
- Solomon's: Materials Prepared For
- Solomon's: Mountain of the Lord's House
- Solomon's: New Gate
- Solomon's: No Tools Used in the Erection of
- Solomon's: Not Asked for by God
- Solomon's: Offerings Brought To
- Solomon's: Other Tables of Gold and Silver
- Solomon's: Overlaid with Gold
- Solomon's: Palace
- Solomon's: Pattern and Building of
- Solomon's: Pillaged by Shishak
- Solomon's: Pillars of
- Solomon's: Porch of, Called Porch of the Lord
- Solomon's: Prayer Made Toward
- Solomon's: Purified by Hezekiah
- Solomon's: Repaired by Jehoash, King of Judah
- Solomon's: Restoration of, Ordered by Cyrus
- Solomon's: Sanctuary
- Solomon's: Services In, Organized by David
- Solomon's: Site of
- Solomon's: Solomon Drafts Men for the Building of
- Solomon's: Surrounded by Rows of Stones and Cedar Beams
- Solomon's: Tabernacle of Witness
- Solomon's: The Altar of Burnt offering
- Solomon's: The Altar of Incense, and Its Furniture
- Solomon's: The Ark of the Covenant
- Solomon's: The Bronze Sea
- Solomon's: The Building of, Committed to Solomon
- Solomon's: The Cherubs
- Solomon's: The Covered Place for the Sabbath and King's Entry
- Solomon's: The Great Courtyard of
- Solomon's: The Holiest of All
- Solomon's: The Holy Place
- Solomon's: The Inner House
- Solomon's: The Lampstands and Their Utensils
- Solomon's: The Oracle (Holy of Holies) in
- Solomon's: The Table of Shewbread
- Solomon's: The Ten Lavers
- Solomon's: The Time when Begun
- Solomon's: The Time when Finished
- Solomon's: To Contain the Ark of the Covenant
- Solomon's: Vessels of, Used by Belshazzar
- Solomon's: where Abraham offered Isaac
- Solomon's: Zion
- The Second: Artaxerxes' Favorable Action Toward
- The Second: Building of, Suspended
- The Second: Dedicated
- The Second: Finished
- The Second: Prophecies of Its Restoration
- The Second: Restored by Zerubbabel
- The Second: Resumed
Ezekiel's Vision of
- Ezekiel 37:26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Ezekiel 37:28 Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
- Ezekiel 40:48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
Herod the Great's Temple: 46 Years in Building
- John 2:20 “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
Herod the Great's Temple: Anna, the Prophetess, Lives In
- Luke 2:36–37 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, …
Herod the Great's Temple: Captains of (I. E. the Temple Security Guard)
- Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
- Acts 4:1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- Acts 5:24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
- Acts 5:26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles — but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
Herod the Great's Temple: Curtain of, Torn at the Time of the Crucifixion
- Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Herod the Great's Temple: Disciples Preach In
- Acts 5:20–21 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.” …
- Acts 5:42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Brought To, According to the Law and Custom
- Luke 2:21–39 When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Expels Money-Exchangers From
- Matthew 21:12–13 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. …
- Mark 11:15–17 When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. …
- Luke 19:45–46 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. …
- John 2:15–16 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Foretells the Destruction of
- Matthew 24:1 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
- Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Luke 21:6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus In, when a Youth
- Luke 2:46 Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Performs Miracles In
- Matthew 21:14–15 The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Taken to the Pinnacle of, During his Temptation
- Matthew 4:5–7 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. …
- Luke 4:9–12 Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Jesus Teaches In
- Mark 11:27–33 After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him. …
- Mark 12:35–44 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? …
- Mark 14:49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
- John 5:14–17 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.” …
- John 7:14–28 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach. …
- John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
- John 10:23–38 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade. …
- John 18:20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
Herod the Great's Temple: Judas Casts Down the Pieces of Silver In
- Matthew 27:5 So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Herod the Great's Temple: Magnificence of
- Matthew 24:1 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
Herod the Great's Temple: Paul is Apprehended In
- Acts 21:33 The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Herod the Great's Temple: Paul Observes the Rights of
- Acts 21:26–30 So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Paul's Vision In
- Acts 22:17–21 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance …
Herod the Great's Temple: Peter Heals the Lame Man at the Gate of
- Acts 3:1–16 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Prophecies Concerning Its Destruction, by Daniel
- Daniel 8:11–15 It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary. …
- Daniel 11:30–31 Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Simeon Blesses the Infant Jesus In
- Luke 2:25–35 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Solomon's Porch (Portico)
- John 10:23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 5:12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
Herod the Great's Temple: The Beautiful Gate
- Acts 3:10 they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Herod the Great's Temple: The Disciples Worship In, After the Resurrection
- Luke 24:53 praising God continually in the temple.
- Acts 2:46 With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Acts 3:1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Herod the Great's Temple: Treasury of
- Mark 12:41–44 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. …
Herod the Great's Temple: Very Beautiful Stones of
Herod the Great's Temple: Zacharias, officiating Priest In, Has a Vision of an Angel
- Luke 1:5–23 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron. …
- Luke 1:57–64 When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son. …
Idolatrous of Baal, at Samaria
- 2 Kings 10:21 Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
- 2 Kings 10:27 They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
Idolatrous of Dagon, at Ashdod
- 1 Samuel 5:2 carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
Idolatrous of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus
- Acts 19:27 There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed — she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
Idolatrous of Rimmon, at Damascus
- 2 Kings 5:18 Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
Idolatrous of the Calves, at Beth-El
- 1 Kings 12:31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
- 1 Kings 12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
Idolatrous: At Babylon
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- Daniel 1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
Idolatrous: Trophies Stored In
- 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9–10 They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people. …
- Daniel 1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
Sending Forth the Forces of Righteousness Against the Powers of Evil
- Revelation 15:5–8 After this I looked, and the temple — the tabernacle of the Testimony — was opened in heaven. …
- Revelation 16:1–17 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.” …
Solomon's by Asa, from Ben-Hadad
- 1 Kings 15:18 So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of …
Solomon's by Hezekiah, from the King of Assyria
- 2 Kings 18:15–16 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. …
Solomon's by Jehoash, King of Israel
- 2 Kings 14:14 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
Solomon's by Jehoash, King of Judah, from Hazael
- 2 Kings 12:18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers— Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah— along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the …
Solomon's by Josiah
- 2 Kings 22:3–7 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying, …
- 2 Chronicles 34:8–13 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. …
Solomon's for an Armory
- 2 Kings 11:10 Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 23:9–10 Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God. …
Solomon's for Prayer and Worship
- 1 Kings 8:1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Kings 19:14–15 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. …
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
- Jeremiah 7:2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
- Jeremiah 26:2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
- Ezekiel 46:2–3 The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and …
- Ezekiel 46:9 When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to …
- Zechariah 7:2–3 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD …
- Zechariah 8:21–22 and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ …
- Mark 11:17 Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Luke 1:10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- Luke 18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- Acts 3:1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- Acts 22:17 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
Solomon's for Refuge
- 2 Kings 11:15 And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house …
- Nehemiah 6:10–11 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill …
Solomon's for the Continual Shewbread and the Burnt offerings
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening …
Solomon's for the offering of Sweet Incense
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening …
Solomon's of the Priests
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
Solomon's: A Dwelling Place of the Lord
- 1 Kings 8:10–11 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD …
- 1 Kings 8:13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 2 Kings 21:7 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I …
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13–14 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving …
- 2 Chronicles 7:1–3 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. …
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- Ezekiel 10:3–4 Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court. …
- Micah 1:2 Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
Solomon's: Ahaz Changes the Pattern of the Altar In
- 2 Kings 16:10–17 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. …
Solomon's: Also Called Temple of the Lord
- 2 Kings 11:10 Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: Beautiful Gate
- Acts 3:2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
Solomon's: Beauty of
- Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
Solomon's: Built by Solomon
- Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
Solomon's: Called Temple
- 1 Kings 6:17 And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
Solomon's: Called the Greater House
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
Solomon's: Called the Most Holy House
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple— twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
Solomon's: Chambers of
- 1 Kings 6:5–10 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. …
- 2 Kings 11:2–3 But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, …
Solomon's: Converted Into an Idolatrous Shrine by Manasseh
- 2 Kings 21:4–7 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” …
- 2 Chronicles 33:4–7 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” …
Solomon's: David Makes Preparation For
- 1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:14–18 the weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service; …
- 1 Chronicles 29:1–5 Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings— and he placed them in the …
Solomon's: David Undertakes the Building of
- 2 Samuel 7:2–3 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.” …
- 1 Chronicles 22:7 “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made …
- Psalm 132:2–5 how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: …
- Acts 7:46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Solomon's: Dedication of
- 1 Kings 8:1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings— and he placed them in the …
- 2 Chronicles 6:1 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Solomon's: Description of
- 1 Kings 6:16 He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:19–35 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:8–14 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple— twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold. …
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
Solomon's: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Valuable Contents Carried to Babylon
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 25:9–17 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem — every significant building. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Psalm 79:1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
- Jeremiah 27:16 Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought …
- Jeremiah 27:19–22 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city, …
- Jeremiah 28:3 Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:13 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem — every significant building.
- Jeremiah 52:17–23 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. …
- Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
- Lamentations 4:1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
- Ezra 1:7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
Solomon's: Destruction of, Foretold
- Isaiah 66:6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
- Jeremiah 27:18–22 If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken …
- Ezekiel 7:22 I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
- Ezekiel 7:25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Solomon's: Dimensions of
- 1 Kings 6:3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Solomon's: Doors of
- 2 Chronicles 29:7 They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
Solomon's: Eastern Gate, Closed on Working Days, Open on the Sabbath Day
- Ezekiel 46:1 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
- Ezekiel 46:12 When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath …
Solomon's: Ezekiel's Vision Concerning
- Ezekiel 8:16 So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their …
Solomon's: Father's House
- John 2:16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
Solomon's: Forbidden by God Because David Was a Man of War
- 2 Samuel 7:4–12 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, …
- 1 Kings 5:3 “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
Solomon's: Foundations of
- 1 Kings 5:17–18 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. …
- Luke 21:5 As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
Solomon's: Gifts Received At
- 2 Chronicles 24:8–11 At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD. …
Solomon's: Gold Used In
- 2 Chronicles 3:8–10 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple— twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold. …
Solomon's: Greatness of
- 2 Chronicles 2:5–6 The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. …
Solomon's: Higher Gate
- 2 Kings 15:35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: Holiness of
- 1 Kings 8:10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- Lamentations 1:10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- Matthew 23:17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- John 2:14–16 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. …
Solomon's: Holy and Beautiful House
- Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
Solomon's: Holy House
- 1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
Solomon's: Holy Mount
- Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Solomon's: Holy Temple
- Psalm 79:1 The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
Solomon's: House of God
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God — gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, …
- 2 Chronicles 23:9 Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.
Solomon's: House of My Glory
- Isaiah 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Solomon's: House of Prayer
- Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
- Matthew 21:13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Solomon's: House of Sacrifice
- 2 Chronicles 7:12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
Solomon's: House of the God of Jacob
- Isaiah 2:3 And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word …
Solomon's: House of the Lord
- 2 Chronicles 23:5 a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are to be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 23:12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: House of Their Sanctuary
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Solomon's: Inner
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
Solomon's: Jews Swore By
- Matthew 23:16–22 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ …
Solomon's: Materials For, Furnished by Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:8–18 Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber. …
Solomon's: Materials Prepared For
- 1 Kings 5:17–18 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. …
Solomon's: Mountain of the Lord's House
- Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Solomon's: New Gate
- Jeremiah 26:10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Jeremiah 36:10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
Solomon's: No Tools Used in the Erection of
- 1 Kings 6:7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
Solomon's: Not Asked for by God
- 2 Samuel 7:7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Solomon's: Offerings Brought To
- Nehemiah 10:37–39 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to …
Solomon's: Other Tables of Gold and Silver
- 1 Chronicles 28:16 the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
- 2 Chronicles 4:18–19 Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. …
Solomon's: Overlaid with Gold
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Solomon's: Palace
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19 And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
Solomon's: Pattern and Building of
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 7:13–51 Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre. …
- 1 Chronicles 28:11–19 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
Solomon's: Pillaged by Shishak
- 1 Kings 14:25–26 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. …
Solomon's: Pillars of
- 1 Kings 7:15–22 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. …
- 2 Kings 11:14 And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her …
- 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were …
- 2 Kings 25:17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15–17 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. …
- 2 Chronicles 4:12–13 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; …
Solomon's: Porch of, Called Porch of the Lord
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of …
Solomon's: Prayer Made Toward
- 1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make— each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, …
- Jonah 2:4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
Solomon's: Purified by Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 29:15–19 When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD. …
Solomon's: Repaired by Jehoash, King of Judah
- 2 Kings 12:4–14 Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD — the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. …
- 2 Chronicles 24:7–14 For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals. …
Solomon's: Restoration of, Ordered by Cyrus
- Ezra 1:7–11 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods. …
Solomon's: Sanctuary
- 2 Chronicles 20:8 They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
Solomon's: Services In, Organized by David
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments— harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families— the heads of families, registered individually by name— those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: Site of
- 1 Chronicles 21:28–30 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. …
- 1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Solomon's: Solomon Drafts Men for the Building of
- 1 Kings 5:13–16 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. …
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17–18 Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. …
Solomon's: Surrounded by Rows of Stones and Cedar Beams
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 7:12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: Tabernacle of Witness
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
Solomon's: The Altar of Burnt offering
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of …
Solomon's: The Altar of Incense, and Its Furniture
- 1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
- 1 Kings 7:48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 1 Kings 7:50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17–18 the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl; …
- 2 Chronicles 4:19 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
Solomon's: The Ark of the Covenant
- 1 Kings 6:19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
- 1 Kings 8:6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2–10 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel— all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
Solomon's: The Bronze Sea
- 1 Kings 7:23–37 He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. …
- 1 Kings 7:44 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
- 1 Kings 7:46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2–5 He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. …
- 2 Chronicles 4:10 He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
Solomon's: The Building of, Committed to Solomon
- 2 Samuel 7:13 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Solomon's: The Cherubs
- 1 Kings 6:23–28 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:10–13 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold. …
- 2 Chronicles 5:7–8 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. …
Solomon's: The Covered Place for the Sabbath and King's Entry
- 2 Kings 16:18 And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
Solomon's: The Great Courtyard of
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
- Jeremiah 19:14 Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
- Jeremiah 26:2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
Solomon's: The Holiest of All
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Solomon's: The Holy Place
- 1 Kings 8:8 The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- 1 Kings 8:10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
Solomon's: The Inner House
- 1 Kings 6:27 And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle …
Solomon's: The Lampstands and Their Utensils
- 1 Kings 7:49–50 the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; …
- 1 Chronicles 28:15 the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20–22 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; …
Solomon's: The Oracle (Holy of Holies) in
- 1 Kings 6:19–20 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. …
- 1 Kings 8:6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Solomon's: The Table of Shewbread
- 1 Kings 7:48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Chronicles 29:18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
Solomon's: The Ten Lavers
- 1 Kings 7:38–46 He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. …
- 2 Chronicles 4:6 He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
Solomon's: The Time when Begun
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
- 2 Chronicles 3:2 Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Solomon's: The Time when Finished
- 1 Kings 6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
Solomon's: To Contain the Ark of the Covenant
- 1 Kings 8:21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Solomon's: Vessels of, Used by Belshazzar
- Daniel 5:2–3 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, …
Solomon's: where Abraham offered Isaac
- Genesis 22:2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Genesis 22:4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Solomon's: Zion
- Psalm 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
- Psalm 48:12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Psalm 74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance — Mount Zion, where You dwell.
- Psalm 87:2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Isaiah 2:3 And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word …
The Second: Artaxerxes' Favorable Action Toward
- Ezra 7:11–28 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel: …
- Ezra 8:25–34 and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God. …
The Second: Building of, Suspended
- Ezra 4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
The Second: Dedicated
- Ezra 6:15–18 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. …
The Second: Finished
- Ezra 6:14–15 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and …
The Second: Prophecies of Its Restoration
- Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- Daniel 8:13–14 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to …
- Haggai 1:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 2:1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
- Zechariah 1:16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
- Zechariah 4:8–10 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- Zechariah 6:12–15 And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD. …
- Zechariah 8:9–15 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. …
- Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple — the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight — see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
The Second: Restored by Zerubbabel
- Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
- Ezra 2:68–69 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site. …
- Ezra 3:2–13 Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses …
- Ezra 4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Ezra 5:2–17 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them. …
- Ezra 6:3–5 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and …
- Nehemiah 7:70–72 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. …
- Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- Haggai 2:3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
The Second: Resumed
- Ezra 4:24 Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Ezra 5:1 Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
- Ezra 6:1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
- Haggai 1:2–9 that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” …
- Haggai 2:15 Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
- Zechariah 8:9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
Related topics
Temple of Christ, the Head of the Ekklesia (His Community, his Body, CfTemple of the Corpse of JesusTemple of the Ekklesia (Body of Christ)Temple of the Kingdom of ChristTemple of the Indwelling of Godthe First Temple
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.