Bible Cross References
A. M. 2990. B.C. 1014. affinity
2 Chronicles 18:1
When King Jehoshaphat of Judah became rich and famous, he arranged a marriage between a member of his family and the family of King Ahab of Israel.
Ezra 9:14
Then how can we ignore your commandments again and intermarry with these wicked people? If we do, you will be so angry that you will destroy us completely and let no one survive.
and took
1 Kings 7:8
Solomon's own quarters, in another court behind the Hall of Judgment, were made like the other buildings. He also built the same kind of house for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.
1 Kings 9:24
Solomon filled in the land on the east side of the city, after his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, had moved from David's City to the palace Solomon built for her.
1 Kings 11:1
Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of the king of Egypt he married Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.
the city
2 Samuel 5:7
(But David did capture their fortress of Zion, and it became known as "David's City.")
1 Chronicles 11:7
Because David went to live in the fortress, it came to be called "David's City."
his own
1 Kings 7:1-12
1
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.
2
The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had three rows of cedar pillars, 15 in each row, with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was of cedar, extending over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars.
4
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5
The doorways and the windows had rectangular frames, and the three rows of windows in each wall faced the opposite rows.
6
The Hall of Columns was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch, supported by columns.
7
The Throne Room, also called the Hall of Judgment, where Solomon decided cases, had cedar panels from the floor to the rafters.
8
Solomon's own quarters, in another court behind the Hall of Judgment, were made like the other buildings. He also built the same kind of house for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9
All these buildings and the great court were made of fine stones from the foundations to the eaves. The stones were prepared at the quarry and cut to measure, with their inner and outer sides trimmed with saws.
10
The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them twelve feet long and others fifteen feet long.
11
On top of them were other stones, cut to measure, and cedar beams.
12
The palace court, the inner court of the Temple, and the entrance room of the Temple had walls with one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of cut stones.
the house
1 Kings 6:1-38
1
Four hundred and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple.
2
Inside it was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
3
The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself.
4
The walls of the Temple had openings in them, narrower on the outside than on the inside.
5
Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annex was built, each story 7 1/2 feet high.
6
Each room in the lowest story was 7 1/2 feet wide, in the middle story 9 feet wide, and in the top story 10 1/2 feet wide. The Temple wall on each floor was thinner than on the floor below, so that the rooms could rest on the wall without having their beams built into it.
7
The stones with which the Temple was built had been prepared at the quarry, so that there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was being built.
8
The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories.
9
So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.
10
The three-storied annex, each story 7 1/2 feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.
11
The LORD said to Solomon,
12
"If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.
13
I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them."
14
So Solomon finished building the Temple.
15
The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine.
16
An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.
17
The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.
18
The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
19
In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the LORD's Covenant Box was to be placed.
20
This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels.
21
The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room, which was also covered with gold.
22
The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
23
Two winged creatures were made of olive wood and placed in the Most Holy Place, each one 15 feet tall.
24
Both were of the same size and shape. Each had two wings, each wing 7 1/2 feet long, so that the distance from one wing tip to the other was 15 feet.
27
They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place, so that two of their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls.
28
The two winged creatures were covered with gold.
29
The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers.
30
Even the floor was covered with gold.
31
A double door made of olive wood was set in place at the entrance of the Most Holy Place; the top of the doorway was a pointed arch.
32
The doors were decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the winged creatures, and the palm trees were covered with gold.
33
For the entrance to the main room a rectangular doorframe of olive wood was made.
34
There were two folding doors made of pine
35
and decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold.
36
An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
37
The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign.
38
In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It had taken Solomon seven years to build it.
1 Kings 7:13-15
13
King Solomon sent for a man named Huram, a craftsman living in the city of Tyre, who was skilled in bronze work.
14
His father, who was no longer living, was from Tyre, and had also been a skilled bronze craftsman; his mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was an intelligent and experienced craftsman. He accepted King Solomon's invitation to be in charge of all the bronze work.
15
Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference, and placed them at the entrance of the Temple.
2 Chronicles 2:1-4
1
King Solomon decided to build a temple where the LORD would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself.
2
He put 70,000 men to work transporting materials, and 80,000 to work cutting stone in the hill country. There were 3,600 others responsible for supervising the work.
3
Solomon sent a message to King Hiram of Tyre: "Do business with me as you did with my father, King David, when you sold him cedar logs for building his palace.
4
I am building a temple to honor the LORD my God. It will be a holy place where my people and I will worship him by burning incense of fragrant spices, where we will present offerings of sacred bread to him continuously, and where we will offer burnt offerings every morning and evening, as well as on Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other holy days honoring the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do this forever.
Ezra 5:11
"They answered, 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple which was originally built and equipped many years ago by a powerful king of Israel.
the wall
1 Kings 9:15-19
15
King Solomon used forced labor to build the Temple and the palace, to fill in land on the east side of the city, and to build the city wall. He also used it to rebuild the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16
(The king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it, killing its inhabitants and setting fire to the city. Then he gave it as a wedding present to his daughter when she married Solomon,
17
and Solomon rebuilt it.) Using his forced labor, Solomon also rebuilt Lower Beth Horon,
18
Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness of Judah,
19
the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.