1 Kings 6:7
As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
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- Deut 27:5-6 : 5 Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones– do not use an iron tool on them. 6 You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
- 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone. 18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.
- Prov 24:27 : 27 Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
- Isa 42:2 : 2 He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.
- Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
- Rom 9:23 : 23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
- 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
- Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
- Jas 1:20 : 20 For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
- Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
- 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Exod 20:25 : 25 If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.
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- 1 Kgs 6:4-63 verses81%
4 He made framed windows for the temple.
5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.
- 1 Kgs 5:17-182 verses79%
17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.
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6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.
- 1 Kgs 6:14-196 verses77%
14 So Solomon finished building the temple.
15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.
17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.
18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.
19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.
- 1 Kgs 6:36-383 verses76%
36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple.
38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.
- 1 Kgs 6:8-103 verses76%
8 The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.
9 He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.
10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
- 1 Kgs 7:9-124 verses75%
9 All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.
11 Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.
12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.
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4 with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury.
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11 They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair.
- 1 Chr 22:2-32 verses74%
2 David Orders a Temple to Be Built David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.
3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,
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9 to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.
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12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.
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15 You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled
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11 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.
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16 All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD’s temple was completed.
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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.
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11 For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
- 2 Chr 24:12-132 verses71%
12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the LORD’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the LORD’s temple.
13 They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.
- 1 Kgs 6:1-22 verses71%
1 The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.
2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
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30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.
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2 So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.
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8 Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.
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5 and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.
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6 The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.
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11 Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
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6 And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.
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6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle ones.
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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.
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6 He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.
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8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.
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18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!