Thematic Bible: Temples


Thematic Bible



After the builders laid the foundation for the LORD's Temple, the priests stood in their ministerial robes with trumpets and the descendants of Levi (who were also descendants of Asaph) with cymbals to praise the LORD, according to instructions prepared by David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, Verse ConceptsFoundationsMonthMonth 2Foundations Of Buildings

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple. Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house. Verse ConceptsHoly VesselsSacred VesselsGiven Into One's HandsServing One's Own GodsTemple Utensils RemovedKings of judah

Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesPriests, Institution In Ot Times

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her." Verse ConceptsCovetousness, Example OfAll NationsWorshipping Material ThingsDeposing

Then the Philistines took the Ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon. Verse Conceptsstatues

In this one area may the LORD pardon your servant: Whenever my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship there, he will lean on my hand while I bow down in the temple of Rimmon. So may the LORD pardon your servant in this one area." Verse ConceptsArmsTemples, HeathenBowing To False GodsGod Forgive!Nervousness

And so they proclaimed it. Jehu sent the proclamation throughout Israel, and all the Baal worshipers came. There wasn't a single man left who failed to come. When they entered Baal's temple, it was filled from one end to the other. Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenFilling HousesFollowers Of Baal

Nebuchadnezzar also took articles from the LORD's Temple to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon.

Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house. Verse ConceptsHoly VesselsSacred VesselsGiven Into One's HandsServing One's Own GodsTemple Utensils RemovedKings of judah

Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesPriests, Institution In Ot Times

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her." Verse ConceptsCovetousness, Example OfAll NationsWorshipping Material ThingsDeposing

Then the Philistines took the Ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon. Verse Conceptsstatues

In this one area may the LORD pardon your servant: Whenever my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship there, he will lean on my hand while I bow down in the temple of Rimmon. So may the LORD pardon your servant in this one area." Verse ConceptsArmsTemples, HeathenBowing To False GodsGod Forgive!Nervousness

And so they proclaimed it. Jehu sent the proclamation throughout Israel, and all the Baal worshipers came. There wasn't a single man left who failed to come. When they entered Baal's temple, it was filled from one end to the other. Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenFilling HousesFollowers Of Baal

Nebuchadnezzar also took articles from the LORD's Temple to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon.

and set fire to the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He even incinerated the lavish homes. Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of HousesDestruction Of The TempleBurning JerusalemHouses Under Attack

Nebuchadnezzar carried off from there all of the treasures of the LORD's Temple, along with the treasures in the king's palace. He cut into pieces all the gold vessels in the LORD's Temple that King Solomon of Israel had made, just as the LORD had said would happen. Verse ConceptsPalacesStoringTreasureTributesBreaking ContainersTemple Utensils Removed

So now I'm planning to build a temple dedicated to the LORD my God, just as the LORD told my father when he said, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne to replace you, will build the Temple dedicated to me.' Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesThroneSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever." Verse ConceptsBuildingGod's Dwelling

During the month of Ziv, which was the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 480 years after the Israelis left the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the LORD's Temple. Verse ConceptsBeginningKingsMonthProperty, HousesSolomon, Life OfTypes Of ChristCalendarsMonth 2100 Years And MoreStarting To BuildThe First Temple

After this, they set fire to God's Temple, demolished the wall around Jerusalem, burned all of its fortified buildings, and destroyed everything of value. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

He will build a Temple dedicated to my Name, and I will make the throne of his kingdom last forever. Verse ConceptsEstablishingShrinesChrist Reigning ForeverBuilding God's DwellingThe Kingdom Of Solomon

"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered." Verse ConceptsRepairing

Have them deliver it to the workmen who are supervising the LORD's Temple, so that they may pay it over to the workmen who serve in the LORD's Temple to repair its damages,

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the descendants of the Babylonian captivity had built their Temple to the LORD, the God of Israel, Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyRebuilding The Temple

And so the Jewish leaders continued their building, and prospered because of the prophecies of Haggai the prophet and Iddo's son Zechariah. They completed the rebuilding in accordance with the commandment from the God of Israel and the edicts of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia. Verse ConceptsAdministrationArtaxerxes The KingNamed Prophets Of The LordGay Marriageprospering

Blessed be the LORD God of our ancestors, who placed this decree into the king's heart to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'" Verse ConceptsComplacencyLukewarmnessUntimelinessThe Second TempleNot The Timerebuilding

When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the Temple of God on its former site. Verse ConceptsFreewill OfferingHouse Of GodFree Will

Furthermore, I hereby decree what you are to do for the Jewish leaders who are building this Temple of God: you are to pay the expenses of these men out of the king's assets from taxes collected beyond the River so that they are not hindered. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Attitudes To

together with all of the silver and gold that you can raise in the province of Babylon, plus the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests, contributed for the Temple of their God, which is in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFreewill Offering

Led by the Spirit, he went into the Temple. When the parents brought the child Jesus to do for him what was customary under the Law, Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?" Verse ConceptsDullnessMisunderstood Truth40 To 50 Yearsconstruction

When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves. Verse ConceptsdovesMoney, Uses OfTablesBanksAnger Of JesusTurning Upside DownEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The Templesales

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings. Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

Now while some people were talking about the Temple how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God he said, Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsBeauty, In ArtefactsBeauty Of ThingsStatus Of The Temple

they knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises


But I, because of the abundance of your gracious love, may come into your house. In awe of you, I will worship in your holy Temple. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence


God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsInvasionsIrreverenceDestruction Of JerusalemPolluting Holy PlacesNations Attacking Israel

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name. Verse ConceptsBowingCeremoniesPraise, Reasons ForPrayer, And WorshipWorship, Reasons ForLovingkindnessBowing Before GodGod's TruthWe Thank God

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