Built on the site of the first temple Ezra 2:6, &c.
CYRUS
His decree for building, predicted. Isa. 44:28.
Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign. Ezra 1:1, 2. Ezra 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. Ezra 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. Hag. 2:3.
Joy of those who had not seen the first temple. Ezra 3:13.
THE SAMARITANS, &c.
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. Hag. 1:1-5.
The Jews punished for not persevering in building. Hag. 1:6, 9-11. Hag. 2:15, 17. Zech. 8:10.
The Jews encouraged to proceed in building. Hag. 1:8. Hag. 2:19. Zech. 8:9.
Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Ezra 5:2.
Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews. Zech. 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. Ezra 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. 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. Mar. 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. Hag. 2:7, with Mal. 3:1.
Presented in. Luke 2:22, 27.
Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of. Matt. 4:5. Luke 4:9.
Frequently taught in. Mar. 14:49.
Purified, at the commencement of His ministry. John 2:15-17.
Purified, at the close of His ministry. Matt. 21:12, 13.
Predicted its destruction. Matt. 24:2. Mar. 13:2. Luke 21:6.
The wail of, rent at our Lord's death. Matt. 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. Acts 21:27-30.
THE JEWS
Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within. Luke 1:10. See Luke 18:10.
Considered It blasphemy to speak against. Matt. 26:61. Acts 6:13. Acts 21:28.
Desecrated by selling oxen, &c. in. John 2:14.
Desecration of, foretold. Dan. 9:27. Dan. 11:31.
Cleansed and re-dedicated by Judas Maccabæus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes. John 10:22.
Desecrated by the Romans. Dan. 9:27, with Matt. 24:15.