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Temple, The First

 

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

SOLOMON

DIVIDED INTO

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

THE ORACLE OR MOST HOLY PLACE

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

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

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

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

 

 

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