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