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
He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.
2 Chronicles 3:5
The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
Ezekiel 41:13
Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
Hebrews 9:2
For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.
The treasuries
Luke 21:1
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box,
Upper chambers
1 Kings 6:5
He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
2 Chronicles 3:9
The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Nehemiah 10:38
And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.
Nehemiah 13:5
prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
Jeremiah 35:2
"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink."
Ezekiel 41:6
And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
The place
Exodus 25:17
"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
Exodus 40:20
He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.
1 Kings 6:19
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 5:7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
Hebrews 9:5
Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
General references
Exodus 37:6
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
1 Kings 6:3
The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.