the Second Temple
61 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
49 sections
- Beautiful Gate of, Mentioned
- Built on the Site of the First Temple
- Christ: Frequently Taught In
- Christ: Miraculously Transported to a Pinnacle of
- Christ: Predicted Its Destruction
- Christ: Presented In
- Christ: Purified, and the Commencement of his Ministry
- Christ: Purified, at the Close of his Ministry
- Christ: The Vail of, Rent at Our Lord's Death
- Christ: To Appear In
- Cleansed and Rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus After Its
- Cyrus: Furnished Means for Building
- Cyrus: Gave a Decree for Building, in the First Year of his Reign
- Cyrus: Gave Permission to the Jews to Go to Jerusalem to Build
- Cyrus: Gave the Vessels of the First Temple For
- Cyrus: His Decree for Building, Predicted
- Cyrus: Ordered Those Who Remained in Babylon to Contribute to The
- Dedication of, Celebrated with Joy and Thankfulness
- Desecrated by the Romans
- Desecration of, Foretold
- Divine Worship Commenced Before the Foundation Was Laid
- Finished the Third of the Twelfth Month in the Sixth Year of
- Foundation of, Laid the Second Month of Second Year After The
- Future Glory of, Predicted
- Grief of Those Who had Seen the First Temple
- Its Completion by Zerubbabel Foretold, to Encourage the Jews
- Its Dimensions
- Joy of Those Who had not Seen the First Temple
- Materials for Building Procured from Tyre and Sidon
- No Gentile Allowed to Enter the Inner Courts of
- Repaired and Beautified by Herod, Which Occupied Forty-Six
- Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua
- Separation Between the Outer or Gentile Court and That of The
- Solemnities Connected with Laying the Foundation of
- Solomon's Porch Connected With
- Tatnai the Governor Wrote to Darius to Know If the Building
- The Decree of Cyrus Found and Confirmed by Darius
- The Jews Encouraged to Proceed in Building
- The Jews Punished for not Persevering in Building
- The Jews Reproved for not Building
- The Jews: Considered It Blasphemy to Speak Against
- The Jews: Desecrated by Selling Oxen In
- The Jews: Prayed Without, While the Priest offered Incense Within
- The Magnificence of Its Building and Ornaments
- The Samaritans: Procured Its Interruption for Fifteen Years
- The Samaritans: Proposed to Assist in Building
- The Samaritans: Their Help Refused by the Jews
- The Samaritans: Weakened the Hands of the Jews in Building
- The Samaritans: Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to Interrupt the Building
Beautiful Gate of, Mentioned
- 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.
Built on the Site of the First Temple
- Ezra 6:2–12 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum: …
Christ: Frequently Taught In
- 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.”
Christ: Miraculously Transported to a Pinnacle of
- Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- Luke 4:9 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.
Christ: Predicted Its Destruction
- 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.”
- 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.”
Christ: Presented In
- Luke 2:22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
- Luke 2:27 Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
Christ: Purified, and the Commencement of his Ministry
- John 2:15–17 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. …
Christ: Purified, at the Close of his Ministry
- 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. …
Christ: The Vail of, Rent at Our Lord's Death
- 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.
Christ: To Appear In
- Haggai 2:7 I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says 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.
Cleansed and Rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus After Its
- John 10:22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
Cyrus: Furnished Means for Building
- Ezra 6:4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
Cyrus: Gave a Decree for Building, in the First Year of his Reign
- Ezra 1:1–2 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 6:3 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 …
Cyrus: Gave Permission to the Jews to Go to Jerusalem to Build
- Ezra 1:3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Cyrus: Gave the Vessels of the First Temple For
- 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. …
- Ezra 6:5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
Cyrus: His Decree for Building, Predicted
- 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.’”
Cyrus: Ordered Those Who Remained in Babylon to Contribute to The
- Ezra 1:4 And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
Dedication of, Celebrated with Joy and Thankfulness
- Ezra 6:16–18 Then the people of Israel — the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles — celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. …
Desecrated by the Romans
- Daniel 9:27 And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed …
- Matthew 24:15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Desecration of, Foretold
- Daniel 9:27 And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed …
- Daniel 11:31 His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
Divine Worship Commenced Before the Foundation Was Laid
- Ezra 3:1–6 By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem. …
Finished the Third of the Twelfth Month in the Sixth Year of
- Ezra 6:15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Foundation of, Laid the Second Month of Second Year After The
- Ezra 3:8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who …
Future Glory of, Predicted
- Haggai 2:7–9 I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts. …
Grief of Those Who had Seen the First Temple
- Ezra 3:12 But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
- 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?’
Its Completion by Zerubbabel Foretold, to Encourage the Jews
- Zechariah 4:4–10 “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. …
Its Dimensions
- Ezra 6:3–4 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 …
Joy of Those Who had not Seen the First Temple
- Ezra 3:13 The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.
Materials for Building Procured from Tyre and Sidon
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
No Gentile Allowed to Enter the Inner Courts of
- Acts 21:27–30 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, …
Repaired and Beautified by Herod, Which Occupied Forty-Six
- 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?”
Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua
- Ezra 5:2 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.
Separation Between the Outer or Gentile Court and That of The
- Ephesians 2:13–14 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. …
Solemnities Connected with Laying the Foundation of
- Ezra 3:9–11 So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers — all Levites — joined together to supervise those working on the house of God. …
Solomon's Porch Connected With
- 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.
Tatnai the Governor Wrote to Darius to Know If the Building
- Ezra 5:3–17 At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?” …
The Decree of Cyrus Found and Confirmed by Darius
- Ezra 6:1–2 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. …
- Ezra 6:6–12 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place! …
The Jews Encouraged to Proceed in Building
- Haggai 1:8 Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
- Haggai 2:19 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
- 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.
The Jews Punished for not Persevering in Building
- Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- Haggai 2:15 Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
- Haggai 2:17 I struck you— all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 8:10 For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
The Jews Reproved for not Building
- Haggai 1:1–5 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 …
The Jews: Considered It Blasphemy to Speak Against
- Matthew 26:61 and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- Acts 6:13 where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Acts 21:28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
The Jews: Desecrated by Selling Oxen In
- John 2:14 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
The Jews: Prayed Without, While the Priest offered Incense Within
- Luke 1:10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- Luke 18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Magnificence of Its Building and Ornaments
- 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?”
- Mark 13:1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”
- Luke 21:5 As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
The Samaritans: Procured Its Interruption for Fifteen Years
- 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.
The Samaritans: Proposed to Assist in Building
- Ezra 4:1–2 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, …
The Samaritans: Their Help Refused by the Jews
- Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has …
The Samaritans: Weakened the Hands of the Jews in Building
- Ezra 4:4–5 Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build. …
The Samaritans: Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to Interrupt the Building
- Ezra 4:6–16 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem. …
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ZerubbabelTempleBishlamAltar in Solomon's Temple in Second TempleArtaxerxes
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.