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
An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was thirty feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.
2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the larger building with cypress. Then he overlaid it with fine gold. It was decorated with designs in the form of palm trees and chains.
Ezekiel 41:13
The man measured the Temple. It was one hundred and seventy-five feet long. This included the open area with the building and its walls. All together it was one hundred and seventy-five feet long.
Hebrews 9:2
A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called the Holy Place. It contained the lamp stand and table and the consecrated bread.
The treasuries
Luke 21:1
He saw rich men putting their gifts into the treasury.
Upper chambers
1 Kings 6:5
A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.
2 Chronicles 3:9
The gold nails weighed twenty ounces. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
Nehemiah 10:38
The priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths. The Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the storehouse.
Nehemiah 13:5
Had made a great room ready for him. This is where they once kept the meal offerings, the perfume, the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil. They were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
Jeremiah 35:2
Go into the house of the Rechabites and talk to them. Take them into the House of Jehovah, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.
Ezekiel 41:6
The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were thirty rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the Temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the Temple wall.
The place
Exodus 25:17
Cover the lid of the chest (mercy seat) with pure gold.
Exodus 40:20
He took the words of God's promise (covenant) and put them in the ark. He put the poles on the ark and placed the throne of mercy on top of the ark.
1 Kings 6:19
An inner room was built in the rear of the Temple. The Ark of the Covenant was to be placed there.
2 Chronicles 5:7
The priests brought Jehovah's Ark of the Covenant to its place in the inner room of the Temple, the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim (angels).
Hebrews 9:5
The cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat were above the Ark. Now is not the time to speak in detail.
General references
Exodus 37:6
He made a lid of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
1 Kings 6:3
The entrance room was fifteen feet deep and thirty feet wide. It was as wide as the sanctuary.