the First Temple
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- All Dedicated Things Placed In
- Appointed As a House of Prayer
- Appointed As a House of Sacrifice
- Built on Mount Moriah on the Threshing-Floor of Ornan Or
- Cedar of, Carved with Flowers
- Ceiled with Fir Wood and Gilt
- Christ
- Complete Destruction of, Predicted
- David: Anxious to Build
- David: Being a Man of War not Permitted to Build
- David: Charged his Princes to Assist in Building
- David: Charged Solomon to Build
- David: Free Will offering of the People for the Building
- David: Made Preparations for Building
- David: Prayed That Solomon Might Have Wisdom to Build
- David: Told by the Prophet That Solomon should Build
- Defiled and Its Treasures Given by Ahaz to the King of
- Divided Into: The Oracle or Most Holy Place
- Divided Into: The Porch
- Divided Into: The Sanctuary or Greater House
- Filled with the Cloud of Glory
- Garnished with Precious Stones
- God Promised to Dwell In
- Its Magnificence
- Its Treasures Given by Hezekiah to the Assyrians to Procure
- Pillaged and Burned by the Babylonians
- Pillaged by Shishak King of Egypt
- Polluted by the Idolatrous Worship of Manasseh
- Purified and Divine Worship Restored Under Hezekiah
- Purified by Josiah
- Repaired by Jehoash at the Institution of Jehoiada
- Repaired by Josiah in the 18Th Year of his Reign
- Sacred Fire Sent Down from Heaven at Its Dedication
- Solemnly Dedicated to God by Solomon
- Solomon: Applied to Hiram for a Skilful Workman to Superintend
- Solomon: Built Without the Noise of Hammers, Axe, or Any Tool
- Solomon: Commenced Second Day of Second Month of Fourth Year of
- Solomon: Contracted with Hiram for Wood, Stone, and Labour
- Solomon: Determined to Build
- Solomon: Employed all the Strangers in Preparing For
- Solomon: Employed Thirty Thousand Israelites in the Work
- Solomon: Specially Instructed For
- Surrounded with Spacious Courts
- Surrounded with Three Stories of Chambers Communicating With
- The Ark of God Brought Into with Great Solemnity
- The Bodies of Saints
- The Floor and Walls of, Covered with Cedar and Fir Wood
- The Greater or Outer House was Forty Cubits Long
- The Greater or Outer House: had Door Posts of Olive Wood Carved and Gilded
- The Greater or Outer House: had Folding Doors of Fir Wood Carved and Golden
- The Oracle or Most Holy Place was Twenty Cubits Every Way
- The Oracle or Most Holy Place: A Partition of Chains of Gold Between It and Outer House
- The Oracle or Most Holy Place: Separated from the Outer House by a Vail
- The Oracle or Most Holy Place: The Doors and the Posts of, of Olive Wood Carved and Gilded
- The Oracle or Most Holy Place: Two Cherubims of Gilded Olive Wood Made Within
- The Porch of One Hundred and Twenty Cubits High
- The Porch of Pillars of, with Their Chapiters Described
- The Porch of Twenty Cubits Long and Ten Broad
- The Spiritual Church
- The Whole Inside and Outside Covered with Gold
- Treasures of Given by Jehoash to Propitiate the Syrians
All Dedicated Things Placed In
- 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 …
Appointed As a 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.’”
Appointed As a 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.
Built on Mount Moriah on the Threshing-Floor of Ornan Or
- 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 22:2 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of 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.
Cedar of, Carved with Flowers
- 1 Kings 6:18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Ceiled with Fir Wood and Gilt
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
Christ
Complete Destruction of, Predicted
- Jeremiah 26:18 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the …
- Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
David: Anxious to Build
- 2 Samuel 7:2 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 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:
- Psalm 132:2–5 how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: …
David: Being a Man of War not Permitted to Build
- 2 Samuel 7:5–9 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? …
- 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.
David: Charged his Princes to Assist in Building
- 1 Chronicles 22:17–19 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon: …
David: Charged Solomon to Build
- 1 Chronicles 22:6–7 Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. …
- 1 Chronicles 22:11 Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
David: Free Will offering of the People for the Building
- 1 Chronicles 29:6–9 Then the leaders of the families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. …
David: Made Preparations for Building
- 1 Chronicles 22:2–5 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God. …
- 1 Chronicles 22:14–16 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD— 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them. …
- 1 Chronicles 29:2–5 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, …
David: Prayed That Solomon Might Have Wisdom to Build
- 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.”
David: Told by the Prophet That Solomon should Build
- 2 Samuel 7:12–13 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. …
- 1 Chronicles 17:12 He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
Defiled and Its Treasures Given by Ahaz to the King of
- 2 Kings 16:14 He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 28:20–21 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. …
Divided Into: The Oracle or Most Holy Place
- 1 Kings 6:19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
Divided Into: The Porch
- 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.
Divided Into: The Sanctuary or 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.
Filled with the Cloud of Glory
- 1 Kings 8:10–11 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD …
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 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 7:2 The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
Garnished with Precious Stones
- 2 Chronicles 3:6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
God Promised to Dwell In
- 1 Kings 6:12–13 “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. …
Its Magnificence
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 2:9 to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
Its Treasures Given by Hezekiah to the Assyrians to Procure
- 2 Kings 18:13–16 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. …
Pillaged and Burned by the Babylonians
- 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem — every significant building.
- 2 Kings 25:13–17 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:18–19 who carried off everything to Babylon— all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. …
Pillaged by Shishak King of Egypt
- 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 33:4–5 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” …
- 2 Chronicles 33:7 Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God 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 will …
Polluted by the Idolatrous Worship of 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 33:4–5 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” …
- 2 Chronicles 33:7 Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God 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 will …
Purified and Divine Worship Restored Under Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 29:3–35 In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD. …
Purified by Josiah
- 2 Kings 23:4–7 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them …
- 2 Kings 23:11–12 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun. …
Repaired by Jehoash at the Institution of Jehoiada
- 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 24:4–13 Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD. …
Repaired by Josiah in the 18Th Year of his Reign
- 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. …
Sacred Fire Sent Down from Heaven at Its Dedication
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His …
Solemnly Dedicated to God by Solomon
- 1 Kings 8:12–66 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. …
- 2 Chronicles 6:1–42 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. …
Solomon: Applied to Hiram for a Skilful Workman to Superintend
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13–14 So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity. …
Solomon: Built Without the Noise of Hammers, Axe, or Any Tool
- 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: Commenced Second Day of Second Month of Fourth Year 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 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: Contracted with Hiram for Wood, Stone, and Labour
- 1 Kings 5:6–12 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.” …
- 2 Chronicles 2:8–10 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours …
Solomon: Determined to Build
- 2 Chronicles 2:1 Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
Solomon: Employed all the Strangers in Preparing For
- 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. …
- 1 Kings 5:15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
Solomon: Employed Thirty Thousand Israelites in the Work
- 1 Kings 5:13–14 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. …
Solomon: Specially Instructed For
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
Surrounded with Spacious Courts
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 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.
Surrounded with Three Stories of Chambers Communicating With
- 1 Kings 6:5–6 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. …
- 1 Kings 6:8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
- 1 Kings 6:10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
The Ark of God Brought Into with Great Solemnity
- 1 Kings 8:1–9 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 5:2–10 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. …
The Bodies of Saints
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
The Floor and Walls of, Covered with Cedar and Fir Wood
- 1 Kings 6:15 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.
The Greater or Outer House was Forty Cubits Long
- 2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
The Greater or Outer House: had Door Posts of Olive Wood Carved and Gilded
- 1 Kings 6:33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
The Greater or Outer House: had Folding Doors of Fir Wood Carved and Golden
- 1 Kings 6:34–35 The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels. …
The Oracle or Most Holy Place was Twenty Cubits Every Way
- 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 6:20 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.
The Oracle or Most Holy Place: A Partition of Chains of Gold Between It and Outer House
- 1 Kings 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
The Oracle or Most Holy Place: Separated from the Outer House by a Vail
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
The Oracle or Most Holy Place: The Doors and the Posts of, of Olive Wood Carved and Gilded
- 1 Kings 6:31–32 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. …
The Oracle or Most Holy Place: Two Cherubims of Gilded Olive Wood Made Within
- 1 Kings 6:23–28 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:11–13 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. …
The Porch of One Hundred and Twenty Cubits High
- 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.
The Porch of Pillars of, with Their Chapiters Described
- 1 Kings 7:15–22 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. …
- 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. …
The Porch of Twenty Cubits Long and Ten Broad
- 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.
The Spiritual Church
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Ephesians 2:20–22 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. …
The Whole Inside and Outside Covered with Gold
- 1 Kings 6:21–22 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. …
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Treasures of Given by Jehoash to Propitiate the Syrians
- 2 Kings 12:17–18 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.