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, 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, 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