Torrey’s New Topical Textbook

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.

Built on the site of the first temple  Ezr 6:2-12.

Cyrus

His decree for building, predicted.  Isa 44:28.

Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign.  Ezr 1:1,2; 6:3.

Gave permission to the Jews to go to Jerusalem to build.  Ezr 1:3.

Furnished means for building.  Ezr 6:4.

Ordered those who remained in Babylon to contribute to the building of.  Ezr 1:4.

Gave the vessels of the first temple for.  Ezr 1:7-11; 6:5.

Divine worship commenced before the foundation was laid  Ezr 3:1-6.

Materials for building procured from Tyre and Sidon  Ezr 3:7.

Foundation of, laid the second month of second year after the captivity  Ezr 3:8.

Solemnities connected with laying the foundation of  Ezr 3:9-11.

Its dimensions  Ezr 6:3,4.

Grief of those who had seen the first temple  Ezr 3:12; Hag 2:3.

Joy of those who had not seen the first temple  Ezr 3:13.

The Samaritans

Proposed to assist in building.  Ezr 4:1,2.

Their help refused by the Jews.  Ezr 4:3.

Weakened the hands of the Jews in building.  Ezr 4:4,5.

Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building.  Ezr 4:6-16.

Procured its interruption for fifteen years.  Ezr 4:24.

The Jews reproved for not building  Hag 1:1-5.

The Jews punished for not persevering in building  Hag 1:6,9-11; 2:15,17; Zec 8:10.

The Jews encouraged to proceed in building  Hag 1:8; 2:19; Zec 8:9.

Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua  Ezr 5:2.

Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews  Zec 4:4-10.

Future glory of, predicted  Hag 2:7-9.

Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building had his sanction  Ezr 5:3-17.

The decree of Cyrus found and confirmed by Darius  Ezr 6:1,2,6-12.

Finished the third of the twelfth month in the sixth year of Darius  Ezr 6:15.

Dedication of, celebrated with joy and thankfulness  Ezr 6:16-18.

Repaired and beautified by Herod, which occupied forty-six years  Joh 2:20.

The magnificence of its building and ornaments  Joh 2:20; Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5.

Beautiful gate of, mentioned  Ac 3:2.

Solomon’s porch connected with  Joh 10:23; Ac 3:11.

Christ

To appear in.  Hag 2:7; Mal 3:1.

Presented in.  Lu 2:22,27.

Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of.  Mt 4:5; Lu 4:9.

Frequently taught in.  Mr 14:49.

Purified, and the commencement of his ministry.  Joh 2:15-17.

Purified, at the close of his ministry.  Mt 21:12,13.

Predicted its destruction.  Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 21:6.

The vail of, rent at our Lord’s death.  Mt 27:51.

Separation between the outer or Gentile court and that of the Jews alluded to  Eph 2:13,14.

No Gentile allowed to enter the inner courts of  Ac 21:27-30.

The Jews

Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within.  Lu 1:10; 18:10.

Considered it blasphemy to speak against.  Mt 26:61; Ac 6:13; 21:28.

Desecrated by selling oxen, &c in.  Joh 2:14.

Desecration of, foretold  Da 9:27; 11:31.

Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes  Joh 10:22.

Desecrated by the Romans  Da 9:27; Mt 24:15.