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
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he caused it to be proclaimed throughout all his empire, yea and by writing also, saying,
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus commanded to build this house of God -
2 Chronicles 36:22
And the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to finish the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia that he made a proclamation throughout all this kingdom, and thereto to set it up in writing, saying,
The place
Deuteronomy 12:5
but ye shall enquire the place which the LORD your God shall have chosen out of all your tribes to put his name there and there to dwell.
2 Chronicles 2:6
So that who can be able to build him a house: when that heaven, neither heaven above all heavens, is able to receive him - what am I then that I should build him a house? Nay, but to burn sacrifice before him:
Psalm 122:4
For there the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
The height
1 Kings 6:2
And the house which Solomon built for the LORD was three score cubits long and twenty broad and thirty cubits high.
2 Chronicles 3:3
And this is the foundation of Solomon in building the house of God. The length was three score cubits after the old cubit, and the breadth twenty.
Ezekiel 41:13
So he measured the house which was a hundred cubits long, and the separated building with the wall were a hundred cubits long also.
Revelation 21:16
And the city was built four square, and the length was as large as the breadth of it, and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the breadth, and the height of it, were equal.
General references
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus commanded to build this house of God -