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