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.