TEMPLE

SOLOMON'S

Also called TEMPLE OF THE LORD

2Ki 11:10

HOLY TEMPLE

Ps 79:1

HOLY HOUSE

1Ch 29:3

HOUSE OF GOD

1Ch 29:2; 2Ch 23:9

HOUSE OF THE LORD

2Ch 23:5,12; Jer 28:5

FATHER'S HOUSE

Joh 2:16

HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB

Isa 2:3

HOUSE OF MY GLORY

Isa 60:7

HOUSE OF PRAYER

Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13

HOUSE OF SACRIFICE

2Ch 7:12

HOUSE OF THEIR SANCTUARY

2Ch 36:17

HOLY AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

Isa 64:11

HOLY MOUNT

Isa 27:13

MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE

Isa 2:2

PALACE

1Ch 29:1,19

SANCTUARY

2Ch 20:8

TABERNACLE OF WITNESS

2Ch 24:6

ZION

Ps 20:2; 48:12; 74:2; 87:2; Isa 2:3

Greatness of

2Ch 2:5,6

Beauty of

Isa 64:11

Holiness of

1Ki 8:10; 9:3; La 1:10; Mt 23:17; Joh 2:14-16

David undertakes the building of

2Sa 7:2,3; 1Ch 22:7; 28:2; Ps 132:2-5; Ac 7:46

Forbidden by God because David was a man of war

2Sa 7:4-12; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8; 28:3

Not asked for by God

2Sa 7:7

The building of, committed to Solomon

2Sa 7:13

David makes preparation for

1Ch 22; 28:14-18; 29:1-5; 2Ch 3:1; 5:1

Built by Solomon

Ac 7:47

Solomon drafts men for the building of

1Ki 5:13-16; 2Ch 2:2,17,18

Materials for, furnished by Hiram

1Ki 5:8-18

Pattern and building of

1Ki 6; 7:13-51; 1Ch 28:11-19; 2Ch 3; 4; Ac 7:47

The time when begun

1Ki 6:1,37; 2Ch 3:2

The time when finished

1Ki 6:38

Site of

1Ch 21:28-30; 22:1; 2Ch 3:1

Where Abraham offered Isaac

Ge 22:2,4

Materials prepared for

1Ki 5:17,18

No tools used in the erection of

1Ki 6:7

Foundations of

1Ki 5:17,18; Lu 21:5

Apartments and furnishings of

The oracle (Holy of Holies) in

1Ki 6:19,20; 8:6

Called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE

2Ch 3:8

THE INNER HOUSE

1Ki 6:27

THE HOLIEST OF ALL

Heb 9:3

Description of

1Ki 6:16,19-35; 2Ch 3:8-14; 4:22

Gold used in

2Ch 3:8-10

Contents of the Holy of Holies

The ark of the covenant

1Ki 6:19; 8:6; 2Ch 5:2-10

The cherubs

1Ki 6:23-28; 2Ch 3:10-13; 5:7,8

See ARK

See CHERUBIM (cherubs)

See VAIL (curtain)

See MERCY-SEAT

The holy place

1Ki 8:8,10

Called THE GREATER HOUSE

2Ch 3:5

Called TEMPLE

1Ki 6:17

Description of

1Ki 6:15-18; 2Ch 3:3,5-7,14-17

Contents of the Holy Place

The Table of Shewbread

1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 29:18

See SHEWBREAD, TABLE OF

Other tables of gold and silver

1Ch 28:16; 2Ch 4:18,19

The lampstands and their utensils

1Ki 7:49,50; 1Ch 28:15; 2Ch 4:7,20-22

See CANDLESTICK (lampstand)

The Altar of Incense, and its furniture

1Ki 6:20; 7:48,50; 1Ch 28:17,18; 2Ch 4:19,22

See ALTAR OF INCENSE

Porch of, called PORCH OF THE LORD

2Ch 15:8

Dimensions of

1Ki 6:3; 2Ch 3:4

Doors of

2Ch 29:7

Overlaid with gold

2Ch 3:4

Pillars of

1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ki 11:14; 23:3; 25:17; 2Ch 3:15-17; 4:12,13

Chambers of

1Ki 6:5-10; 2Ki 11:2,3

Offerings brought to

Ne 10:37-39

Treasuries in

See TREASURE

Courts of

Of the priests

2Ch 4:9

Inner

1Ki 6:36

Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams

1Ki 6:36; 7:12

Contents of the courtyards

The Altar of Burnt Offering

2Ch 15:8

See ALTAR;

The bronze sea

1Ki 7:23-37,44,46; 2Ch 4:2-5,10

The ten lavers

1Ki 7:38-46; 2Ch 4:6

The great courtyard of

2Ch 4:9; Jer 19:14; 26:2

The covered place for the Sabbath and king's entry

2Ki 16:18

Gates of

Higher gate

2Ki 15:35

New gate

Jer 26:10; 36:10

Beautiful gate

Ac 3:2

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

Eze 46:1,12

Gifts received at

2Ch 24:8-11

Uses of the temple

A dwelling place of the Lord

1Ki 8:10,11,13; 9:3; 2Ki 21:7; 1Ch 29:1; 2Ch 5:13,14; 7:1-3,16; Eze 10:3,4; Mic 1:2

To contain the ark of the covenant

1Ki 8:21

For the offering of sweet incense

2Ch 2:4

For the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings

2Ch 2:4

For prayer and worship

1Ki 8; 2Ki 19:14,15; 2Ch 30:27; Isa 27:13; 56:7; Jer 7:2; 26:2; Eze 46:2,3,9; Zec 7:2,3; 8:21,22; Mr 11:17; Lu 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Ac 3:1; 22:17

Prayer made toward

1Ki 8:38; Da 6:10; Jon 2:4

For an armory

2Ki 11:10; 2Ch 23:9,10

For refuge

2Ki 11:15; Ne 6:10,11

Facts about

Dedication of

1Ki 8; 2Ch 5; 6; 7

Services in, organized by David

1Ch 15:16; 23:24

Pillaged by Shishak

1Ki 14:25,26

By Jehoash, king of Israel

2Ki 14:14

Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah

2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:7-14

By Josiah

2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:8-13

Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in

2Ki 16:10-17

Purified by Hezekiah

2Ch 29:15-19

Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh

2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4-7

Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace

By Asa, from Ben-hadad

1Ki 15:18

By Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael

2Ki 12:18

By Hezekiah, from the king of Assyria

2Ki 18:15,16

Ezekiel's vision concerning

Eze 8:16

Jews swore by

Mt 23:16-22

Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to Babylon

2Ki 24:13; 25:9-17; 2Ch 36:7,19; Ps 79:1; Isa 64:11; Jer 27:16,19-22; 28:3; 52:13,17-23; La 2:7; 4:1; Ezr 1:7

Vessels of, used by Belshazzar

Da 5:2,3

Destruction of, foretold

Isa 66:6; Jer 27:18-22; Eze 7:22,25; Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2

Restoration of, ordered by Cyrus

Ezr 1:7-11

THE SECOND

Restored by Zerubbabel

Ezr 1; 2:68,69; 3:2-13; 4; 5:2-17; 6:3-5; Ne 7:70-72; Isa 44:28; Hag 2:3

Building of, suspended

Ezr 4

Resumed

Ezr 4:24; 5; 6; Hag 1:2-9; 2:15; Zec 8:9

Finished

Ezr 6:14,15

Dedicated

Ezr 6:15-18

Artaxerxes' favorable action toward

Ezr 7:11-28; 8:25-34

Prophecies of its restoration

Isa 44:28; Da 8:13,14; Hag 1; 2; Zec 1:16; 4:8-10; 6:12-15; 8:9-15; Mal 3:1

EZEKIEL'S VISION OF

Eze 37:26,28; 40:48

HEROD THE GREAT'S TEMPLE

46 Years in building

Joh 2:20

Very beautiful stones of

Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5

Magnificence of

Mt 24:1

The Beautiful Gate

Ac 3:10

Solomon's Porch (portico)

Joh 10:23; Ac 3:11; 5:12

Treasury of

Mr 12:41-44

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

Lu 1:5-23; with 1:57-64

Jesus brought to, according to the law and custom

Lu 2:21-39

Simeon blesses the infant Jesus in

Lu 2:25-35

Anna, the prophetess, lives in

Lu 2:36,37

Jesus in, when a youth

Lu 2:46

Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation

Mt 4:5-7; Lu 4:9-12

Jesus teaches in

Mr 11:27-33; 12:35-44; 14:49; Joh 5:14-17; 7:14-28; 8; 10:23-38; 18:20

Jesus performs miracles in

Mt 21:14,15

Jesus expels money-exchangers from

Mt 21:12,13; Mr 11:15-17; Lu 19:45,46; Joh 2:15,16

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

Lu 22:52; Ac 4:1; 5:24,26

Judas casts down the pieces of silver in

Mt 27:5

Curtain of, torn at the time of the crucifixion

Mt 27:51

The disciples worship in, after the resurrection

Lu 24:53; Ac 2:46; 3:1

Peter heals the lame man at the gate of

Ac 3:1-16

Disciples preach in

Ac 5:20,21,42

Paul's vision in

Ac 22:17-21

Paul observes the rights of

Ac 21:26-30

Paul is apprehended in

Ac 21:33

Prophecies concerning its destruction, by Daniel

Da 8:11-15; 11:30,31

Jesus foretells the destruction of

Mt 24; Mr 13:2; Lu 21:6

FIGURATIVE

Of the corpse of Jesus

Mt 26:61; 27:40; Joh 2:19

Of the indwelling of God

1Co 3:16,17; 2Co 6:16

Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)

Eph 2:21; 2Th 2:4; Re 3:12

Of the kingdom of Christ

Re 11; 14:15,17

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

Eph 1:22,23; Col 1:18,24

Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil

Re 15:5-8; 16:1-17

IDOLATROUS

Of Dagon, at Ashdod

1Sa 5:2

Of the calves, at Beth-el

1Ki 12:31,33

Of Rimmon, at Damascus

2Ki 5:18

Of Baal, at Samaria

2Ki 10:21,27

At Babylon

2Ch 36:7; Da 1:2

Of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus

Ac 19:27

Trophies stored in

1Sa 31:10; 1Ch 10:9,10; Da 1:2

See TABERNACLE