Bible/Topics/TEMPLE, THE FIRST
TEMPLE, THE FIRST[edit | edit source]
Torrey's New Topical Textbook[edit | edit source]
Built on Mount Moriah on the threshing-floor of Ornan or
DAVID
9; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8
5,14-16; 29:2-5
19
SOLOMON
12; 2Ch 2:8-10
DIVIDED INTO
Surrounded with three stories of chambers communicating with
Surrounded with spacious courts
Was three score cubits longs, twenty broad, and thirty high
Was lighted by narrow windows
Was roofed with cedar
THE GREATER OR OUTER HOUSE
THE ORACLE OR MOST HOLY PLACE
28; 2Ch 3:11-13
The floor and walls of, covered with cedar and fir wood
Cedar of, carved with flowers, &c
Ceiled with fir wood and gilt
The whole inside and outside covered with gold
Garnished with precious stones
THE PORCH OF
22; 2Ch 3:15-17
Was seven years in building
Was finished in the eighth month of the eleventh year of
WAS CALLED
7
Appointed as a house of sacrifice
Appointed as a house of prayer
God promised to dwell in
All dedicated things placed in
The ark of God brought into with great solemnity
Filled with the cloud of glory
Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon
Sacred fire sent down from heaven at its dedication
Was but a temple built with hands
Complete destruction of, predicted
HISTORICAL NOTICES OF
14; 2Ch 24:4-13
35
7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7
7,11,12
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
22