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 King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.
2 Chronicles 36:22
In the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, the Lord moved King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
The place
Deuteronomy 12:5
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
2 Chronicles 2:6
Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.
Psalm 122:4
The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.
The height
1 Kings 6:2
The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
2 Chronicles 3:3
Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.
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,
Revelation 21:16
Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).
General references
Ezra 5:13
But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.