2 Chronicles 23:10
He stationed all the people around the king [as guards for him], every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side to the left side of the house (temple), by the altar and by the house.
Exodus 40:6
You shall set the [bronze] altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
2 Kings 11:11
And the guards stood, each man with weapons in his hand, from the right side to the left side of the temple area, by the altar [in the courtyard] and by the temple [proper], all around the king.
2 Chronicles 6:12
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.