Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
The first year
The place
The height
General references
Bible References
The first year
Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same King Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
2 Chronicles 36:22
But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing, saying,
The place
Deuteronomy 12:5
But ye shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there for his habitation, and thou shalt go there.
2 Chronicles 2:6
But who is so powerful as to build him a house, seeing the heavens and heavens of the heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build him a house, except to burn incense before him?
Psalm 122:4
Because the tribes went up there, the tribes of JAH, the testimony to Israel, to praise the name of the LORD.
The height
1 Kings 6:2
And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
2 Chronicles 3:3
Now these are the measurements on which Solomon founded the building of the house of God. The first measurement was the length of sixty cubits and the breadth of twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 41:13
So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, one hundred cubits long;
Revelation 21:16
And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs; and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
General references
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same King Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.