Temple, the First
Built on Mount Moriah on the threshing-floor of Ornan or Araunah -- 1Ch 21:28-30; 22:2; 2Ch 3:1. David Anxious to build. -- 2Sa 7:2; 1Ch 22:7; 29:3; Ps 132:2-5. Being a man of war not permitted to build. -- 2Sa 7:5-9; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8. Told by the prophet that Solomon should build. -- 2Sa 7:12,13; 1Ch 17:12. Made preparations for building. -- 1Ch 22:2-5,14-16; 29:2-5. Charged Solomon to build. -- 1Ch 22:6,7,11. Prayed that Solomon might have wisdom to build. -- 1Ch 29:19. Charged his princes to assist in building. -- 1Ch 22:17-19. Free will offering of the people for the building. -- 1Ch 29:6-9. Solomon Determined to build. -- 2Ch 2:1. Specially instructed for. -- 2Ch 3:3. Employed all the strangers in preparing for. -- 2Ch 2:2,17,18; 1Ki 5:15. Applied to Hiram for a skilful workman to superintend, &c the building of. -- 2Ch 2:7,13,14. Employed thirty thousand Israelites in the work. -- 1Ki 5:13,14. Contracted with Hiram for wood, stone, and labour. -- 1Ki 5:6-12; 2Ch 2:8-10. Commenced second day of second month of fourth year of Solomon. -- 1Ki 6:1,37; 2Ch 3:2. Built without the noise of hammers, axe, or any tool. -- 1Ki 6:7. Divided into The sanctuary or greater house. -- 2Ch 3:5. The oracle or most holy place. -- 1Ki 6:19. The porch. -- 2Ch 3:4. Surrounded with three stories of chambers communicating with the interior on the right side -- 1Ki 6:5,6,8,10. Surrounded with spacious courts -- 1Ki 6:36; 2Ch 4:9. Was three score cubits longs, twenty broad, and thirty high -- 1Ki 6:2; 2Ch 3:3. Was lighted by narrow windows -- 1Ki 6:4. Was roofed with cedar -- 1Ki 6:9. The greater or outer house Was forty cubits long. -- 2Ki 6:17. Had folding doors of fir wood carved and golden. -- 1Ki 6:34,35. Had door posts of olive wood carved and gilded. -- 1Ki 6:33; 2Ch 3:7. The oracle or most holy place Was twenty cubits every way. -- 1Ki 6:16,20. Two cherubims of gilded olive wood made within. -- 1Ki 6:23-28; 2Ch 3:11-13. A partition of chains of gold between it and outer house. -- 1Ki 6:21. The doors and the posts of, of olive wood carved and gilded. -- 1Ki 6:31,32. Separated from the outer house by a vail. -- 2Ch 3:14. The floor and walls of, covered with cedar and fir wood -- 1Ki 6:15. Cedar of, carved with flowers, &c -- 1Ki 6:18. Ceiled with fir wood and gilt -- 2Ch 3:5. The whole inside and outside covered with gold -- 1Ki 6:21,22; 2Ch 3:7. Garnished with precious stones -- 2Ch 3:6. The porch of Twenty cubits long and ten broad. -- 1Ki 6:3. One hundred and twenty cubits high. -- 2Ch 3:4. Pillars of, with their chapiters described. -- 1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ch 3:15-17. Its magnificence -- 2Ch 2:5,9. Was seven years in building -- 1Ki 6:38. Was finished in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon -- 1Ki 6:38. Was called The house of the Lord. -- 2Ch 23:5,12. The mountain of the Lord's house. -- Isa 2:2. House of the God of Jacob. -- Isa 2:3. Zion. -- Ps 84:1-7. Mount Zion. -- Ps 74:2. Appointed as a house of sacrifice -- 2Ch 7:12. Appointed as a house of prayer -- Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13. God promised to dwell in -- 1Ki 6:12,13. All dedicated things placed in -- 2Ch 5:1. The ark of God brought into with great solemnity -- 1Ki 8:1-9; 2Ch 5:2-10. Filled with the cloud of glory -- 1Ki 8:10,11; 2Ch 5:13; 7:2. Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon -- 1Ki 8:12-66; 2Ch 6:1-42. Sacred fire sent down from heaven at its dedication -- 2Ch 7:3. Was but a temple built with hands -- Ac 7:47,48. Complete destruction of, predicted -- Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12. Historical notices of Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt. -- 2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7. Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign. -- 1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:9. Repaired by Jehoash at the institution of Jehoiada. -- 2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:4-13. Treasures of given by Jehoash to propitiate the Syrians. -- 2Ki 12:17,18. Defiled and its treasures given by Ahaz to the king of Assyria. -- 2Ki 16:14,18; 2Ch 28:20,21. Purified and divine worship restored under Hezekiah. -- 2Ch 29:3-35. Its treasures given by Hezekiah to the Assyrians to procure a treaty. -- 2Ki 18:13-16. Polluted by the idolatrous worship of Manasseh. -- 2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7. Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign. -- 2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:8-13. Purified by Josiah. -- 2Ki 23:4-7,11,12. Pillaged and burned by the Babylonians. -- 2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19. Illustrative of Christ. -- Joh 2:19,21. The spiritual church. -- 1Co 3:16; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:20-22. The bodies of saints. -- 1Co 6:19.