Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
The houses
The treasuries
Upper chambers
General references
Bible References
The houses
1 Kings 6:16
Then he lined 30 feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.
2 Chronicles 3:5
The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.
Ezekiel 41:13
Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet long. In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long.
Hebrews 9:2
For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.
The treasuries
Luke 21:1
He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.
Upper chambers
1 Kings 6:5
He then built a chambered structure along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
2 Chronicles 3:9
The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.
Nehemiah 10:38
A priest of Aaronic descent must accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites must take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
Nehemiah 13:5
and had prepared a large room for him where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, and the tenths of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
Jeremiah 35:2
“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the temple of the Lord to offer them a drink of wine.”
Ezekiel 41:6
The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each. There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall itself.
The place
Exodus 25:17
Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
Exodus 40:20
Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.
1 Kings 6:19
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.
2 Chronicles 5:7
The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Hebrews 9:5
The cherubim of glory were above it overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.
General references
Exodus 37:6
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
1 Kings 6:3
The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple’s width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple.