Temple

Also called TEMPLE OF THE LORD

• 2 Kings 11:10

  And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

Holy temple

• Psalms 79:1

  A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Holy house

• 1 Chronicles 29:3

  Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

House of God

• 1 Chronicles 29:2

  Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

• 2 Chronicles 23:9

  Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

House of the Lord

• 2 Chronicles 23:5

  And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 23:12

  Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

• Jeremiah 28:5

  Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,

Father' s house

• John 2:16

  And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

House of the God of Jacob

• Isaiah 2:3

  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

House of my glory

• Isaiah 60:7

  All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

House of prayer

• Isaiah 56:7

  Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

• Matthew 21:13

  And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

House of sacrifice

• 2 Chronicles 7:12

  And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

House of their sanctuary

• 2 Chronicles 36:17

  Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

Holy and beautiful house

• Isaiah 64:11

  Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Holy mount

• Isaiah 27:13

  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Mountain of the Lord' s house

• Isaiah 2:2

  And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Palace

• 1 Chronicles 29:1

  Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

• 1 Chronicles 29:19

  And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

Sanctuary

• 2 Chronicles 20:8

  And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Tabernacle of witness

• 2 Chronicles 24:6

  And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Zion

• Psalms 20:2

  Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

• Psalms 48:12

  Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

• Psalms 74:2

  Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

• Psalms 87:2

  The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

• Isaiah 2:3

  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Greatness of

• 2 Chronicles 2:5

  And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

• 2 Chronicles 2:6

  But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

Beauty of

• Isaiah 64:11

  Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Holiness of

• 1 Kings 8:10

  And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

• 1 Kings 9:3

  And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

• Lamentations 1:10

  The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

• Matthew 23:17

  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

• John 2:14–16

  And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

David undertakes the building of

• 2 Samuel 7:2

  That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

• 2 Samuel 7:3

  And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

• 1 Chronicles 22:7

  And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

• 1 Chronicles 28:2

  Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

• Psalms 132:2–5

  How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, …

• Acts 7:46

  Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Forbidden by God because David was a man of war

• 2 Samuel 7:4–12

  And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. …

• 1 Kings 5:3

  Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

• 1 Chronicles 22:8

  But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

• 1 Chronicles 28:3

  But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

Not asked for by God

• 2 Samuel 7:7

  In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

The building of, committed to Solomon

• 2 Samuel 7:13

  He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

David makes preparation for

• 1 Chronicles 28:14–18

  He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: …

• 1 Chronicles 29:1–5

  Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, …

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• 2 Chronicles 5:1

  Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22

Built by Solomon

• Acts 7:47

  But Solomon built him an house.

Solomon drafts men for the building of

• 1 Kings 5:13–16

  And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; …

• 2 Chronicles 2:2

  And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

• 2 Chronicles 2:17

  And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

• 2 Chronicles 2:18

  And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

Materials for, furnished by Hiram

• 1 Kings 5:8–18

  And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. …

Pattern and building of

• 1 Kings 7:13–51

  And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. …

• 1 Chronicles 28:11–19

  Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. …

• Acts 7:47

  But Solomon built him an house.

1 Kings 6, 2 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 4

The time when begun

• 1 Kings 6:1

  And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

• 1 Kings 6:37

  In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

• 2 Chronicles 3:2

  And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

The time when finished

• 1 Kings 6:38

  And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

Site of

• 1 Chronicles 21:28–30

  At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 22:1

  Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Where Abraham offered Isaac

• Genesis 22:2

  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

• Genesis 22:4

  Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Materials prepared for

• 1 Kings 5:17

  And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

• 1 Kings 5:18

  And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

No tools used in the erection of

• 1 Kings 6:7

  And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Foundations of

• 1 Kings 5:17

  And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

• 1 Kings 5:18

  And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

• Luke 21:5

  And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

Apartments and furnishings of

The oracle (Holy of Holies) in

• 1 Kings 6:19

  And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

• 1 Kings 6:20

  And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

• 1 Kings 8:6

  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

Called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE

• 2 Chronicles 3:8

  And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

The inner house

• 1 Kings 6:27

  And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

The holiest of all

• Hebrews 9:3

  And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

Description of

• 1 Kings 6:16

  And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

• 1 Kings 6:19–35

  And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. …

• 2 Chronicles 3:8–14

  And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. …

• 2 Chronicles 4:22

  And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

Gold used in

• 2 Chronicles 3:8–10

  And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

Contents of the Holy of Holies

The ark of the covenant

• 1 Kings 6:19

  And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

• 1 Kings 8:6

  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

• 2 Chronicles 5:2–10

  Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. …

The cherubs

• 1 Kings 6:23–28

  And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. …

• 2 Chronicles 3:10–13

  And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. …

• 2 Chronicles 5:7

  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

• 2 Chronicles 5:8

  For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

The holy place

• 1 Kings 8:8

  And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

• 1 Kings 8:10

  And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

Called THE GREATER HOUSE

• 2 Chronicles 3:5

  And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Called TEMPLE

• 1 Kings 6:17

  And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

Description of

• 1 Kings 6:15–18

  And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. …

• 2 Chronicles 3:3

  Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

• 2 Chronicles 3:5–7

  And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

• 2 Chronicles 3:14–17

  And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. …

Contents of the Holy Place

The Table of Shewbread

• 1 Kings 7:48

  And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

• 2 Chronicles 29:18

  Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

Other tables of gold and silver

• 1 Chronicles 28:16

  And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

• 2 Chronicles 4:18

  Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

• 2 Chronicles 4:19

  And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

The lampstands and their utensils

• 1 Kings 7:49

  And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

• 1 Kings 7:50

  And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

• 1 Chronicles 28:15

  Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

• 2 Chronicles 4:7

  And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

• 2 Chronicles 4:20–22

  Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

The Altar of Incense, and its furniture

• 1 Kings 6:20

  And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

• 1 Kings 7:48

  And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

• 1 Kings 7:50

  And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

• 1 Chronicles 28:17

  Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

• 1 Chronicles 28:18

  And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 4:19

  And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

• 2 Chronicles 4:22

  And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

Porch of, called PORCH OF THE LORD

• 2 Chronicles 15:8

  And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Dimensions of

• 1 Kings 6:3

  And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

• 2 Chronicles 3:4

  And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

Doors of

• 2 Chronicles 29:7

  Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

Overlaid with gold

• 2 Chronicles 3:4

  And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

Pillars of

• 1 Kings 7:15–22

  For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. …

• 2 Kings 11:14

  And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

• 2 Kings 23:3

  And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

• 2 Kings 25:17

  The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

• 2 Chronicles 3:15–17

  Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

• 2 Chronicles 4:12

  To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

• 2 Chronicles 4:13

  And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

Chambers of

• 1 Kings 6:5–10

  And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. …

• 2 Kings 11:2

  But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

• 2 Kings 11:3

  And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

Offerings brought to

• Nehemiah 10:37–39

  And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Treasuries in

Courts of

Of the priests

• 2 Chronicles 4:9

  Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Inner

• 1 Kings 6:36

  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams

• 1 Kings 6:36

  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

• 1 Kings 7:12

  And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

Contents of the courtyards

The Altar of Burnt Offering

• 2 Chronicles 15:8

  And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

The bronze sea

• 1 Kings 7:23–37

  And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. …

• 1 Kings 7:44

  And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

• 1 Kings 7:46

  In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

• 2 Chronicles 4:2–5

  Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. …

• 2 Chronicles 4:10

  And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

The ten lavers

• 1 Kings 7:38–46

  Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: …

• 2 Chronicles 4:6

  He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

The great courtyard of

• 2 Chronicles 4:9

  Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

• Jeremiah 19:14

  Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,

• Jeremiah 26:2

  Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

The covered place for the Sabbath and king' s entry

• 2 Kings 16:18

  And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

Gates of

Higher gate

• 2 Kings 15:35

  Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

New gate

• Jeremiah 26:10

  When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.

• Jeremiah 36:10

  Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

Beautiful gate

• Acts 3:2

  And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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

• Ezekiel 46:1

  Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

• Ezekiel 46:12

  Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

Gifts received at

• 2 Chronicles 24:8–11

  And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. …

Uses of the temple

A dwelling place of the Lord

• 1 Kings 8:10

  And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

• 1 Kings 8:11

  So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

• 1 Kings 8:13

  I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

• 1 Kings 9:3

  And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

• 2 Kings 21:7

  And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

• 1 Chronicles 29:1

  Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

• 2 Chronicles 5:13

  It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

• 2 Chronicles 5:14

  So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 7:1–3

  Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

• 2 Chronicles 7:16

  For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

• Ezekiel 10:3

  Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

• Ezekiel 10:4

  Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

• Micah 1:2

  Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

To contain the ark of the covenant

• 1 Kings 8:21

  And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

For the offering of sweet incense

• 2 Chronicles 2:4

  Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

For the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings

• 2 Chronicles 2:4

  Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

For prayer and worship

• 2 Kings 19:14

  And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

• 2 Kings 19:15

  And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

• 2 Chronicles 30:27

  Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

• Isaiah 27:13

  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 56:7

  Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

• Jeremiah 7:2

  Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

• Jeremiah 26:2

  Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

• Ezekiel 46:2

  And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

• Ezekiel 46:3

  Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

• Ezekiel 46:9

  But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

• Zechariah 7:2

  When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

• Zechariah 7:3

  And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• Zechariah 8:21

  And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

• Zechariah 8:22

  Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.

• Mark 11:17

  And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

• Luke 1:10

  And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

• Luke 2:37

  And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

• Luke 18:10

  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

• Acts 3:1

  Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

• Acts 22:17

  And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

1 Kings 8

Prayer made toward

• 1 Kings 8:38

  What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

• Daniel 6:10

  Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

• Jonah 2:4

  Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

For an armory

• 2 Kings 11:10

  And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 23:9

  Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 23:10

  And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

For refuge

• 2 Kings 11:15

  But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

• Nehemiah 6:10

  Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

• Nehemiah 6:11

  And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Facts about

Dedication of

1 Kings 8, 2 Chronicles 5, 2 Chronicles 6, 2 Chronicles 7

Services in, organized by David

• 1 Chronicles 15:16

  And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

• 1 Chronicles 23:24

  These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

Pillaged by Shishak

• 1 Kings 14:25

  And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

• 1 Kings 14:26

  And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

By Jehoash, king of Israel

• 2 Kings 14:14

  And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah

• 2 Kings 12:4–14

  And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. …

• 2 Chronicles 24:7–14

  For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. …

By Josiah

• 2 Kings 22:3–7

  And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, …

• 2 Chronicles 34:8–13

  Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: …

Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in

• 2 Kings 16:10–17

  And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. …

Purified by Hezekiah

• 2 Chronicles 29:15–19

  And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. …

Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh

• 2 Kings 21:4–7

  And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. …

• 2 Chronicles 33:4–7

  Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. …

Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace

By Asa, from Ben-hadad

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

By Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael

• 2 Kings 12:18

  And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

By Hezekiah, from the king of Assyria

• 2 Kings 18:15

  And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

• 2 Kings 18:16

  At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Ezekiel' s vision concerning

• Ezekiel 8:16

  And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Jews swore by

• Matthew 23:16–22

  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. …

Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to Babylon

• 2 Kings 24:13

  And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

2 Kings 25:9–17, 2 Chronicles 36:7, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 79:1, Isaiah 64:11, Jeremiah 27:16, Jeremiah 27:19–22, Jeremiah 28:3, Jeremiah 52:13, Jeremiah 52:17–23, Lamentations 2:7, Lamentations 4:1, Ezra 1:7

Vessels of, used by Belshazzar

Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3

Destruction of, foretold

Isaiah 66:6, Jeremiah 27:18–22, Ezekiel 7:22, Ezekiel 7:25, Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2

Restoration of, ordered by Cyrus

Ezra 1:7–11

Restored by Zerubbabel

Ezra 1, Ezra 2:68, Ezra 2:69, Ezra 3:2–13, Ezra 4, Ezra 5:2–17, Ezra 6:3–5, Nehemiah 7:70–72, Isaiah 44:28, Haggai 2:3

Building of, suspended

Ezra 4

Resumed

Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5, Ezra 6, Haggai 1:2–9, Haggai 2:15, Zechariah 8:9

Finished

Ezra 6:14, Ezra 6:15

Dedicated

Ezra 6:15–18

Artaxerxes' favorable action toward

Ezra 7:11–28, Ezra 8:25–34

Prophecies of its restoration

Isaiah 44:28, Daniel 8:13, Daniel 8:14, Haggai 1, Haggai 2, Zechariah 1:16, Zechariah 4:8–10, Zechariah 6:12–15, Zechariah 8:9–15, Malachi 3:1

46 Years in building

John 2:20

Very beautiful stones of

Mark 13:1, Luke 21:5

Magnificence of

Matthew 24:1

The Beautiful Gate

Acts 3:10

Solomon' s Porch (portico)

John 10:23, Acts 3:11, Acts 5:12

Treasury of

Mark 12:41–44

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

Luke 1:5–23, Luke 1:57–64

Jesus brought to, according to the law and custom

Luke 2:21–39

Simeon blesses the infant Jesus in

Luke 2:25–35

Anna, the prophetess, lives in

Luke 2:36, Luke 2:37

Jesus in, when a youth

Luke 2:46

Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation

Matthew 4:5–7, Luke 4:9–12

Jesus teaches in

Mark 11:27–33, Mark 12:35–44, Mark 14:49, John 5:14–17, John 7:14–28, John 8, John 10:23–38, John 18:20

Jesus performs miracles in

Matthew 21:14, Matthew 21:15

Jesus expels money-exchangers from

Matthew 21:12, Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:15–17, Luke 19:45, Luke 19:46, John 2:15, John 2:16

Captains of (i. e. the temple security guard)

Luke 22:52, Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24, Acts 5:26

Judas casts down the pieces of silver in

Matthew 27:5

Curtain of, torn at the time of the crucifixion

Matthew 27:51

The disciples worship in, after the resurrection

Luke 24:53, Acts 2:46, Acts 3:1

Peter heals the lame man at the gate of

Acts 3:1–16

Disciples preach in

Acts 5:20, Acts 5:21, Acts 5:42

Paul' s vision in

Acts 22:17–21

Paul observes the rights of

Acts 21:26–30

Paul is apprehended in

Acts 21:33

Prophecies concerning its destruction, by Daniel

Daniel 8:11–15, Daniel 11:30, Daniel 11:31

Jesus foretells the destruction of

Matthew 24, Mark 13:2, Luke 21:6

Of the corpse of Jesus

Matthew 26:61, Matthew 27:40, John 2:19

Of the indwelling of God

1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 6:16

Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)

Ephesians 2:21, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 3:12

Of the kingdom of Christ

Revelation 11, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17

Of Christ, the head of the ekklesia (his community, his body, cf

Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 1:23, Colossians 1:18, Colossians 1:24

Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil

Revelation 15:5–8, Revelation 16:1–17

Of Dagon, at Ashdod

1 Samuel 5:2

Of the calves, at Beth-el

1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 12:33

Of Rimmon, at Damascus

2 Kings 5:18

Of Baal, at Samaria

2 Kings 10:21, 2 Kings 10:27

At Babylon

2 Chronicles 36:7, Daniel 1:2

Of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus

Acts 19:27

Trophies stored in

1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Chronicles 10:9, 1 Chronicles 10:10, Daniel 1:2