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.