New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Temple, The First

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