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 a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.
2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.
Ezekiel 41:13
Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,
Hebrews 9:2
For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this 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 built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
2 Chronicles 3:9
The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.
Nehemiah 10:38
A priest of Aaron's line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
Nehemiah 13:5
He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.
Jeremiah 35:2
"Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord's temple and offer them some wine to drink."
Ezekiel 41:6
The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.
The place
Exodus 25:17
"You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.
Exodus 40:20
He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.
1 Kings 6:19
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.
2 Chronicles 5:7
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.
Hebrews 9:5
And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.
General references
Exodus 37:6
He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.
1 Kings 6:3
The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.