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SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

THE SECOND TEMPLE

TEMPLE CALLED:

  • House of God
    1Chronicles 29:2; 2Chronicles 23:9

  • House of the Lord
    2Chronicles 23:5, 12; Jeremiah 28:5

  • Father's House
    John 2:16

  • House of the God of Jacob
    Isaiah 2:3

  • House of My Glory
    Isaiah 60:7

  • TEMPLE CALLED:

    • House of Prayer
      Isaiah 56:7; Matthew 21:13

    • House of Sacrifice
      2Chronicles 7:12

    • House of their Sanctuary
      2Chronicles 36:17

    • Holy And Beautiful House
      Isaiah 64:11

    • Holy Mount
      Isaiah 27:13

    • Mountain of the Lord's House
      Isaiah 2:2

    • Palace
      1Chronicles 29:1, 19

    • Sanctuary
      2Chronicles 20:8

    • Tabernacle of Witness
      2Chronicles 24:6

    • Zion
      Psalm 20:2; 48:12; 74:2; 87:2; Isaiah 2:3

  • Greatness of
    2Chronicles 2:5, 6

  • Beauty of
    Isaiah 64:11

  • Holiness of
    1Kings 8:10; 9:3; Lamentations 1:10; Matthew 23:17; John 2:14-16

  • BUILDING OF TEMPLE:

    • David undertakes the building of
      2Samuel 7:2, 3; 1Chronicles 22:7; 28:2; Psalm 132:2-5; Acts 7:46

    • David forbidden by God to build temple because he was a man of war
      2Samuel 7:4-12; 1Kings 5:3; 1Chronicles 22:8; 28:3

    • Not asked for by God
      2Samuel 7:7

    • The building of, committed to Solomon
      2Samuel 7:13

    • David makes preparation for
      1Chronicles 22; 28:14-18; 29:1-5; 2Chronicles 3:1; 5:1

    • Built by Solomon
      Acts 7:47

    • Solomon drafts men for the building of
      2Chronicles 2:2, 17,18; 1Kings 5:13-16

    • Materials for, furnished by Hiram
      1Kings 5:8-18

    • Pattern and building of
      1Kings 6; 7:13-51; 1Chronicles 28:11-19; 2Chronicles 3; 4; Acts 7:47

    • The time when begun
      1Kings 6:1, 37; 2Chronicles 3:2

    • The time when finished
      1Kings 6:38

    • Site of
      1Chronicles 21:28-30; 22:1; 2Chronicles 3:1

    • Site of, where Abraham offered Isaac
      Genesis 22:2, 4

    • Materials prepared for
      1Kings 5:17, 18

    • No tools used in the erection of
      1Kings 6:7

    • Foundations of
      1Kings 5:17, 18; Luke 21:5

  • HOLY OF HOLIES IN TEMPLE:

    • Located in
      1Kings 6:19, 20; 8:6

    • Called:

      • Most Holy House
        2Chronicles 3:8

      • Inner House
        1Kings 6:27

      • Holiest of All
        Hebrews 9:3

    • Description of
      1Kings 6:16, 19-35; 2Chronicles 3:8-14; 4:22

    • Gold used in
      2Chronicles 3:8-10

    • Contents of the Holy of Holies:

  • HOLY PLACE IN TEMPLE:

    • General References
      1Kings 8:8, 10

    • Called the Greater House
      2Chronicles 3:5

    • Called Temple
      1Kings 6:17

    • Description of
      2Chronicles 3:3, 1Kings 6:15-18; 5-7, 14-17

    • Contents of the Holy Place:

      • The Table of Shewbread
        1Kings 7:48; 2Chronicles 29:18

      • Other tables of gold and silver
        1Chronicles 28:16; 2Chronicles 4:18, 19

      • Candlesticks and their utensils
        1Kings 7:49, 50; 1Chronicles 28:15; 2Chronicles 4:7, 20-22

      • Altar of incense and its furniture
        1Kings 6:20; 7:48, 50; 1Chronicles 28:17, 18; 2Chronicles 4:19, 22

      • See SHEWBREAD, TABLE OF,  CANDLESTICK (lampstand) ,  ALTAR OF INCENSE

  • PORCH OF TEMPLE:

    • Called Porch of the Lord
      2Chronicles 15:8

    • Dimensions of
      1Kings 6:3; 2Chronicles 3:4

    • Doors of
      2Chronicles 29:7

    • Overlaid with gold
      2Chronicles 3:4

    • Pillars of
      1Kings 7:15-22; 2Kings 11:14; 23:3; 25:17; 2Chronicles 3:15-17; 4:12, 13

  • CHAMBERS OF TEMPLE:

    • General References
      1Kings 6:5-10; 2Kings 11:2, 3

    • Offerings brought to
      Nehemiah 10:37-39

    • Treasuries in

  • COURTS OF TEMPLE:

    • Of the priests
      2Chronicles 4:9

    • Inner
      1Kings 6:36

    • Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams
      1Kings 6:36; 7:12

    • Contents of the courts:

      • The Altar of Burnt Offering
        2Chronicles 15:8

      • The brazen sea
        1Kings 7:23-37, 44, 46; 2Chronicles 4:2-5, 10

      • The ten lavers
        1Kings 7:38-46; 2Chronicles 4:6

      • See ALTAR

    • Great court of
      2Chronicles 4:9; Jeremiah 19:14; 26:2

    • Covered place for the Sabbath and king's entry
      2Kings 16:18

  • GATES OF TEMPLE:

    • Higher gate
      2Kings 15:35

    • New gate
      Jeremiah 26:10; 36:10

    • Beautiful gate
      Acts 3:2

    • Eastern gate, closed on working days, open on the Sabbath day
      Ezekiel 46:1, 12

    • Gifts received at
      2Chronicles 24:8-11

  • USES OF THE TEMPLE:

    • A dwelling place of the Lord
      1Kings 8:10, 11, 13; 9:3; 2Kings 21:7; 1Chronicles 29:1; 2Chronicles 5:13, 14; 7:1-3, 16; Ezekiel 10:3, 4; Micah 1:2

    • To contain the ark of the covenant
      1Kings 8:21

    • For the offering of sweet incense
      2Chronicles 2:4

    • For the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings
      2Chronicles 2:4

    • For prayer and worship
      1Kings 8; 2Kings 19:14, 15; 2Chronicles 30:27; Isaiah 27:13; 56:7; Jeremiah 7:2; Ezekiel 46:2, 26:2; 3, 9; Zechariah 7:2, 3; 8:21, 22; Mark 11:17; Luke 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Acts 3:1; 22:17

    • Prayer made toward
      1Kings 8:38; Daniel 6:10; Jonah 2:4

    • For an armory
      2Kings 11:10; 2Chronicles 23:9, 10

    • For refuge
      2Kings 11:15; Nehemiah 6:10, 11

  • FACTS ABOUT TEMPLE:

    • Dedication of
      1Kings 8; 2Chronicles 5; 6; 7

    • Services in, organized by David
      1Chronicles 15:16; 23:24

    • Pillaged by Shishak
      1Kings 14:25, 26

    • Pillaged by Jehoash, king of Israel
      2Kings 14:14

    • Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah
      2Kings 12:4-14; 2Chronicles 24:7-14

    • Repaired by Josiah
      2Kings 22:3-7; 2Chronicles 34:8-13

    • Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in
      2Kings 16:10-17

    • Purified by Hezekiah
      2Chronicles 29:15-19

    • Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh
      2Kings 21:4-7; 2Chronicles 33:4-7

    • TREASURES OF TEMPLE USED TO BUY PEACE:

      • By Asa, from Ben-hadad
        1Kings 15:18

      • By Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael
        2Kings 12:18

      • By Hezekiah, from the king of Assyria
        2Kings 18:15, 16

    • Ezekiel's vision concerning
      Ezekiel 8:16

    • Jews swore by
      Matthew 23:16-22

    • Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to Babylon
      2Kings 24:13; 25:9-17; 2Chronicles 36:7, 19; Psalm 79:1; Isaiah 64:11; Jeremiah 27:16, 19-22; 28:3; 52:13, 17-23; Lamentations 2:7; 4:1; Ezra 1:7

    • Vessels of, used by Belshazzar
      Daniel 5:2, 3

    • Destruction of, foretold
      Isaiah 66:6; Jeremiah 27:18-22; Ezekiel 7:22, 25; Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2

    • Restoration of, ordered by Cyrus
      Ezra 1:7-11

THE SECOND TEMPLE

  • Restored by Zerubbabel
    Ezra 1; 2:68, 69; 3:2-13; 4; 5:2-17; 6:3-5; Nehemiah 7:70-72; Isaiah 44:28; Haggai 2:3

  • BUILDING OF THE SECOND TEMPLE:

    • Suspended
      Ezra 4

    • Resumed
      Ezra 4:24; 5; 6; Haggai 1:2-9; 2:15; Zechariah 8:9

    • Finished
      Ezra 6:14, 15

    • Dedicated
      Ezra 6:15-18

  • Artaxerxes' favorable action toward
    Ezra 7:11-28; 8:25-34

  • Prophecies of its restoration
    Isaiah 44:28; Daniel 8:13, 14; Haggai 1; 2; Zechariah 1:16; 4:8-10; 6:12-15; 8:9-15; Malachi 3:1

  • Ezekiel's vision of the temple
    Ezekiel 37:26, 28; 40:48

  • HEROD'S TEMPLE:

    • 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; 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 with 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, 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; 12:35-44; 14:49; John 5:14-17; 7:14-28; 8; 10:23-38; 18:20

    • Jesus performs miracles in
      Matthew 21:14, 15

    • Jesus expels money-exchangers from
      Matthew 21:12, 13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45, 46; John 2:15, 16

    • Captains of
      Luke 22:52; Acts 4:1; 5:24, 26

    • Judas casts down the pieces of silver in
      Matthew 27:5

    • Vail of, torn at the time of the crucifixion
      Matthew 27:51

    • The disciples worship in, after the resurrection
      Luke 24:53; Acts 2:46; 3:1

    • Peter heals the lame man at the gate of
      Acts 3:1-16

    • Disciples preach in
      Acts 5:20, 21, 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; 11:30, 31

    • Jesus foretells the destruction of
      Matthew 24; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:6

  • FIGURATIVE:

    • Of the body of Jesus
      Matthew 26:61; 27:40; John 2:19

    • Of the indwelling of God
      1Corinthians 3:16, 17; 2Corinthians 6:16

    • Of the church
      Ephesians 2:21; 2Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 3:12

    • Of the kingdom of Christ
      Revelation 11; 14:15, 17

    • Of Christ, head of the church, sending forces of righteousness against powers of evil
      Revelation 15:5-8; 16:1-17

  • IDOLATROUS:

    • Of Dagon, at Ashdod
      1Samuel 5:2

    • Of the calves, at Bethel
      1Kings 12:31, 33

    • Of Rimmon, at Damascus
      2Kings 5:18

    • Of Baal, at Samaria
      2Kings 10:21, 27

    • At Babylon
      2Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2

    • Of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus
      Acts 19:27

    • Trophies stored in
      1Samuel 31:10; 1Chronicles 10:9, 10; Daniel 1:2

    • See TABERNACLE


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