1 Kings 6:5
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Holy Place 2
- WHEN
- c. 966 BC
- WHO
- Solomon
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WHO APPEARS
WHEN
c. 966 BC
dated by the text itself
The verse on which the whole chronology of the Old Testament rests: it is the only one that gives a span in years between the Exodus and a datable event.
WHO RULED
- Solomon king of Israel 970-931 BC
SOURCES
- date — 1 Kings 6:1 dates the founding of the Temple by the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus and by the fourth year of Solomon.
- Solomon — 1 Kings 11:42; the annals of Tyre cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
SEE ALSO
- 1 Kings 6:16 He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:19-21 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. …
- 1 Kings 6:31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- Psalms 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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