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Temple in the Bible Dictionary
- Solomon’s
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Also called TEMPLE OF THE LORD
2 Kgs 11:10
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Holy temple
Ps 79:1
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Holy house
1 Chr 29:3
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House of God
1 Chr 29:2; 2 Chr 23:9
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House of the Lord
2 Chr 23:5, 12; Jer 28:5
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Father’s house
John 2:16
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House of the God of Jacob
Isa 2:3
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House of my glory
Isa 60:7
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House of prayer
Isa 56:7; Matt 21:13
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House of sacrifice
2 Chr 7:12
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House of their sanctuary
2 Chr 36:17
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Holy and beautiful house
Isa 64:11
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Holy mount
Isa 27:13
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Mountain of the Lord’s house
Isa 2:2
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Palace
1 Chr 29:1, 19
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Sanctuary
2 Chr 20:8
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Tabernacle of witness
2 Chr 24:6
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Zion
Ps 20:2; 48:12; 74:2; 87:2; Isa 2:3
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Greatness of
2 Chr 2:5, 6
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Beauty of
Isa 64:11
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Holiness of
1 Kgs 8:10; 9:3; Lam 1:10; Matt 23:17; John 2:14–16
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David undertakes the building of
2 Sam 7:2, 3; 1 Chr 22:7; 28:2; Ps 132:2–5; Acts 7:46
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Forbidden by God because David was a man of war
2 Sam 7:4–12; 1 Kgs 5:3; 1 Chr 22:8; 28:3
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Not asked for by God
2 Sam 7:7
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The building of, committed to Solomon
2 Sam 7:13
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David makes preparation for
1 Chr 22; 28:14–18; 29:1–5; 2 Chr 3:1; 5:1
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Built by Solomon
Acts 7:47
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Solomon drafts men for the building of
1 Kgs 5:13–16; 2 Chr 2:2, 17, 18
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Materials for, furnished by Hiram
1 Kgs 5:8–18
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Pattern and building of
1 Kgs 6; 7:13–51; 1 Chr 28:11–19; 2 Chr 3; 4; Acts 7:47
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The time when begun
1 Kgs 6:1, 37; 2 Chr 3:2
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The time when finished
1 Kgs 6:38
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Site of
1 Chr 21:28–30; 22:1; 2 Chr 3:1
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Where Abraham offered Isaac
Gen 22:2, 4
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Materials prepared for
1 Kgs 5:17, 18
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No tools used in the erection of
1 Kgs 6:7
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Foundations of
1 Kgs 5:17, 18; Luke 21:5
- Apartments and furnishings of
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The oracle (Holy of Holies) in
1 Kgs 6:19, 20; 8:6
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Called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE
2 Chr 3:8
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The inner house
1 Kgs 6:27
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The holiest of all
Heb 9:3
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Description of
1 Kgs 6:16, 19–35; 2 Chr 3:8–14; 4:22
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Gold used in
2 Chr 3:8–10
- Contents of the Holy of Holies
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The ark of the covenant
1 Kgs 6:19; 8:6; 2 Chr 5:2–10
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The cherubs
1 Kgs 6:23–28; 2 Chr 3:10–13; 5:7, 8
- See Ark
- See Cherubim (Cherubs)
- See Vail (curtain)
- See Mercy-seat
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The holy place
1 Kgs 8:8, 10
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Called THE GREATER HOUSE
2 Chr 3:5
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Called TEMPLE
1 Kgs 6:17
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Description of
1 Kgs 6:15–18; 2 Chr 3:3, 5–7, 14–17
- Contents of the Holy Place
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The Table of Shewbread
1 Kgs 7:48; 2 Chr 29:18
- See Shewbread, table of
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Other tables of gold and silver
1 Chr 28:16; 2 Chr 4:18, 19
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The lampstands and their utensils
1 Kgs 7:49, 50; 1 Chr 28:15; 2 Chr 4:7, 20–22
- See Candlestick (lampstand)
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The Altar of Incense, and its furniture
1 Kgs 6:20; 7:48, 50; 1 Chr 28:17, 18; 2 Chr 4:19, 22
- See Altar of incense
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Porch of, called PORCH OF THE LORD
2 Chr 15:8
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Dimensions of
1 Kgs 6:3; 2 Chr 3:4
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Doors of
2 Chr 29:7
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Overlaid with gold
2 Chr 3:4
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Pillars of
1 Kgs 7:15–22; 2 Kgs 11:14; 23:3; 25:17; 2 Chr 3:15–17; 4:12, 13
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Chambers of
1 Kgs 6:5–10; 2 Kgs 11:2, 3
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Offerings brought to
Neh 10:37–39
- Treasuries in
- See Treasure
- Courts of
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Of the priests
2 Chr 4:9
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Inner
1 Kgs 6:36
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Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams
1 Kgs 6:36; 7:12
- Contents of the courtyards
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The Altar of Burnt Offering
2 Chr 15:8
- See Altar;
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The bronze sea
1 Kgs 7:23–37, 44, 46; 2 Chr 4:2–5, 10
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The ten lavers
1 Kgs 7:38–46; 2 Chr 4:6
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The great courtyard of
2 Chr 4:9; Jer 19:14; 26:2
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The covered place for the Sabbath and king’s entry
2 Kgs 16:18
- Gates of
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Higher gate
2 Kgs 15:35
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New gate
Jer 26:10; 36:10
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Beautiful gate
Acts 3:2
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Eastern gate, closed on working days, open on the Sabbath day
Ezek 46:1, 12
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Gifts received at
2 Chr 24:8–11
- Uses of the temple
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A dwelling place of the Lord
1 Kgs 8:10, 11, 13; 9:3; 2 Kgs 21:7; 1 Chr 29:1; 2 Chr 5:13, 14; 7:1–3, 16; Ezek 10:3, 4; Mic 1:2
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To contain the ark of the covenant
1 Kgs 8:21
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For the offering of sweet incense
2 Chr 2:4
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For the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings
2 Chr 2:4
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For prayer and worship
1 Kgs 8; 2 Kgs 19:14, 15; 2 Chr 30:27; Isa 27:13; 56:7; Jer 7:2; 26:2; Ezek 46:2, 3, 9; Zech 7:2, 3; 8:21, 22; Mark 11:17; Luke 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Acts 3:1; 22:17
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Prayer made toward
1 Kgs 8:38; Dan 6:10; Jonah 2:4
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For an armory
2 Kgs 11:10; 2 Chr 23:9, 10
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For refuge
2 Kgs 11:15; Neh 6:10, 11
- Facts about
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Dedication of
1 Kgs 8; 2 Chr 5; 6; 7
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Services in, organized by David
1 Chr 15:16; 23:24
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Pillaged by Shishak
1 Kgs 14:25, 26
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By Jehoash, king of Israel
2 Kgs 14:14
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Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah
2 Kgs 12:4–14; 2 Chr 24:7–14
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By Josiah
2 Kgs 22:3–7; 2 Chr 34:8–13
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Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in
2 Kgs 16:10–17
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Purified by Hezekiah
2 Chr 29:15–19
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Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh
2 Kgs 21:4–7; 2 Chr 33:4–7
- Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace
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By Asa, from Ben-hadad
1 Kgs 15:18
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By Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael
2 Kgs 12:18
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By Hezekiah, from the king of Assyria
2 Kgs 18:15, 16
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Ezekiel’s vision concerning
Ezek 8:16
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Jews swore by
Matt 23:16–22
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Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to Babylon
2 Kgs 24:13; 25:9–17; 2 Chr 36:7, 19; Ps 79:1; Isa 64:11; Jer 27:16, 19–22; 28:3; 52:13, 17–23; Lam 2:7; 4:1; Ezra 1:7
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Vessels of, used by Belshazzar
Dan 5:2, 3
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Destruction of, foretold
Isa 66:6; Jer 27:18–22; Ezek 7:22, 25; Matt 24:2; Mark 13:2
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Restoration of, ordered by Cyrus
Ezra 1:7–11
- The second
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Restored by Zerubbabel
Ezra 1; 2:68, 69; 3:2–13; 4; 5:2–17; 6:3–5; Neh 7:70–72; Isa 44:28; Hag 2:3
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Building of, suspended
Ezra 4
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Resumed
Ezra 4:24; 5; 6; Hag 1:2–9; 2:15; Zech 8:9
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Finished
Ezra 6:14, 15
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Dedicated
Ezra 6:15–18
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Artaxerxes’ favorable action toward
Ezra 7:11–28; 8:25–34
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Prophecies of its restoration
Isa 44:28; Dan 8:13, 14; Hag 1; 2; Zech 1:16; 4:8–10; 6:12–15; 8:9–15; Mal 3:1
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Ezekiel’s vision of
Ezek 37:26, 28; 40:48
- Herod the great’s temple
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46 Years in building
John 2:20
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Very beautiful stones of
Mark 13:1; Luke 21:5
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Magnificence of
Matt 24:1
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The Beautiful Gate
Acts 3:10
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Solomon’s Porch (portico)
John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12
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Treasury of
Mark 12:41–44
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Zacharias, officiating priest in, has a vision of an angel; receives promise of a son
Luke 1:5–23, 57–64
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Jesus brought to, according to the law and custom
Luke 2:21–39
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Simeon blesses the infant Jesus in
Luke 2:25–35
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Anna, the prophetess, lives in
Luke 2:36, 37
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Jesus in, when a youth
Luke 2:46
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Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation
Matt 4:5–7; Luke 4:9–12
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Jesus teaches in
Mark 11:27–33; 12:35–44; 14:49; John 5:14–17; 7:14–28; 8; 10:23–38; 18:20
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Jesus performs miracles in
Matt 21:14, 15
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Jesus expels money-exchangers from
Matt 21:12, 13; Mark 11:15–17; Luke 19:45, 46; John 2:15, 16
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Captains of (i. e. the temple security guard)
Luke 22:52; Acts 4:1; 5:24, 26
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Judas casts down the pieces of silver in
Matt 27:5
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Curtain of, torn at the time of the crucifixion
Matt 27:51
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The disciples worship in, after the resurrection
Luke 24:53; Acts 2:46; 3:1
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Peter heals the lame man at the gate of
Acts 3:1–16
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Disciples preach in
Acts 5:20, 21, 42
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Paul’s vision in
Acts 22:17–21
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Paul observes the rights of
Acts 21:26–30
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Paul is apprehended in
Acts 21:33
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Prophecies concerning its destruction, by Daniel
Dan 8:11–15; 11:30, 31
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Jesus foretells the destruction of
Matt 24; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:6
- Figurative
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Of the corpse of Jesus
Matt 26:61; 27:40; John 2:19
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Of the indwelling of God
1 Cor 3:16, 17; 2 Cor 6:16
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Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)
Eph 2:21; 2 Thess 2:4; Rev 3:12
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Of the kingdom of Christ
Rev 11; 14:15, 17
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Of Christ, the head of the ekklesia (his community, his body, cf
Eph 1:22, 23; Col 1:18, 24
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Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Rev 15:5–8; 16:1–17
- Idolatrous
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Of Dagon, at Ashdod
1 Sam 5:2
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Of the calves, at Beth-el
1 Kgs 12:31, 33
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Of Rimmon, at Damascus
2 Kgs 5:18
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Of Baal, at Samaria
2 Kgs 10:21, 27
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At Babylon
2 Chr 36:7; Dan 1:2
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Of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus
Acts 19:27
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Trophies stored in
1 Sam 31:10; 1 Chr 10:9, 10; Dan 1:2
- See Tabernacle
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.