Built on the site of the first temple
Ezra 6:2-12
CYRUS His decree for building, predicted
Isaiah 44:28
Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign
Ezra 1:1,2; 6:3
Gave permission to the Jews to go to Jerusalem to build
Ezra 1:3
Furnished means for building
Ezra 6:4
Ordered those who remained in Babylon to contribute to the Building of
Ezra 1:4
Gave the vessels of the first temple for
Ezra 1:7-11; 6:5
Divine worship commenced before the foundation was laid
Ezra 3:1-6
Materials for building procured from Tyre and Sidon
Ezra 3:7
Foundation of, laid the second month of second year after the Captivity
Ezra 3:8
Solemnities connected with laying the foundation of
Ezra 3:9-11
Its dimensions
Ezra 6:3,4
Grief of those who had seen the first temple
Ezra 3:12; Haggai 2:3
Joy of those who had not seen the first temple
Ezra 3:13
THE SAMARITANS Proposed to assist in building
Ezra 4:1,2
Their help refused by the Jews
Ezra 4:3
Weakened the hands of the Jews in building
Ezra 4:4,5
Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building
Ezra 4:6-16
Procured its interruption for fifteen years
Ezra 4:24
The Jews reproved for not building
Haggai 1:1-5
The Jews punished for not persevering in building
Haggai 1:6,9-11; 2:15,17; Zechariah 8:10
The Jews encouraged to proceed in building
Haggai 1:8; 2:19; Zechariah 8:9
Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua
Ezra 5:2
Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews
Zechariah 4:4-10
Future glory of, predicted
Haggai 2:7-9
Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building Had his sanction
Ezra 5:3-17
The decree of Cyrus found and confirmed by Darius
Ezra 6:1,2,6-12
Finished the third of the twelfth month in the sixth year of Darius
Ezra 6:15
Dedication of, celebrated with joy and thankfulness
Ezra 6:16-18
Repaired and beautified by Herod, which occupied forty-six Years
John 2:20
The magnificence of its building and ornaments
John 2:20; Mark 13:1; Luke 21:5
Beautiful gate of, mentioned
Acts 3:2
Solomon's porch connected with
John 10:23; Acts 3:11
CHRIST To appear in
Haggai 2:7; Malachi 3:1
Presented in
Luke 2:22,27
Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of
Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9
Frequently taught in
Mark 14:49
Purified, and the commencement of his ministry
John 2:15-17
Purified, at the close of his ministry
Matthew 21:12,13
Predicted its destruction
Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:6
The vail of, rent at our Lord's death
Matthew 27:51
Separation between the outer or Gentile court and that of the Jews alluded to
Ephesians 2:13,14
No Gentile allowed to enter the inner courts of
Acts 21:27-30
THE JEWS Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within
Luke 1:10; 18:10
Considered it blasphemy to speak against
Matthew 26:61; Acts 6:13; 21:28
Desecrated by selling oxen, &c in
John 2:14
Desecration of, foretold
Daniel 9:27; 11:31
Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its Desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes
John 10:22
Desecrated by the Romans
Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15