Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
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- WEB Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
- BSB Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- NKJV Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat;
- NASB Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the atoning cover;
- NLT Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.
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David handed Solomon the detailed plans for the temple's porch, rooms, treasuries, and the place of the mercy seat. It shows the careful, divinely guided blueprint for God's house.
Overview
David gave his son architectural plans covering every part of the temple, including the inner sanctuary where the mercy seat would rest. The mercy seat, the place of atonement, lay at the heart of the design. This careful provision points to God's concern for the place where his people meet him in mercy, ultimately realized in Christ, our atoning sacrifice.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 28:19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- 1 Kgs 6:3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
- Exod 25:40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
- Exod 25:17–22And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
- Heb 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- 1 Kgs 6:5–6And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
- 1 Kgs 6:10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Chr 9:26–29For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
- 1 Chr 26:20–27And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
- Exod 40:20–21And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
- 2 Chr 3:3–10Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- Neh 13:5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
- Neh 10:38–39And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
- Ezek 41:6–11And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
- Ezek 40:8–9He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
- Ezek 43:10–11Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
- Ezek 41:13–17So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
- Ezek 40:15And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
- Ezek 40:48–49And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
- Luke 21:1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
- Heb 9:2–8For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- 2 Chr 5:7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
- Exod 26:30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
- Jer 35:2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
- 1 Kgs 6:16–20And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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