1 Kings 6:5

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He built an annex containing side rooms all around the temple. This annex was next to the walls of the main building and the inner sanctuary.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:31

He made doors for the entrance to the inner room out of olive wood. The doorposts had five sides.

1 Kings 6:6

The ⌞interior of⌟ the lowest story of the annex was 7½ feet wide, the second story was 9 feet wide, and the third story was 10½ feet wide. Solomon made ledges all around the temple so that this annex would not be fastened to the walls of the temple.

1 Chronicles 23:28

They were appointed to stand beside Aaron’s descendants to serve in the Lord’s temple. They were appointed to be in charge of the courtyards and the temple rooms, to ensure that all the holy things were clean, and to serve in God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the entrance hall and the temple, its storerooms, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the throne of mercy.

1 Chronicles 9:26

The four chief Levite gatekeepers were in charge of the rooms and treasures in God’s temple because of their faithfulness.

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah told them to prepare storerooms in the Lord’s temple. After they had prepared them,

2 Chronicles 4:20

lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room),

2 Chronicles 5:7

The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s promise to its place in the inner room of the temple (the most holy place) under the wings of the angels.

2 Chronicles 5:9

The poles were so long that their ends could be seen in the holy place by anyone standing in front of the inner room, but they couldn’t be seen outside. (They are still there today.)

Nehemiah 10:37

Also, we have drawn lots to decide who should bring the best of our coarse flour, contributions, fruit from every tree, new wine, and olive oil to the priests, to the storerooms. We will bring for the Levites one-tenth of the produce from our fields, because the Levites are the ones who collect one-tenth of the produce from all our farm communities.

Nehemiah 12:44

On that day men were put in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, the first produce harvested, and a tenth of the people’s money. They stored in those rooms the gifts designated by Moses’ Teachings for the priests and Levites from the fields around the cities. The people of Judah were pleased with the ministry of the priests and Levites.

Psalm 28:2

Hear my prayer for mercy when I call to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your most holy place.

Exodus 25:22

I will be above the throne of mercy between the angels whenever I meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Take me with you. Let’s run away. The king has brought me into his private rooms. We will celebrate and rejoice with you. We will praise your expressions of love more than wine. How right it is that the young women love you!

Jeremiah 35:2

“Go to the family of Rechab and talk to them. Take them into one of the side rooms in the Lord’s temple, and offer them a drink of wine.”

Jeremiah 35:4

I brought them into the Lord’s temple, into the side room of the sons of Hanan. (He was Igdaliah’s son, the man of God.) It was next to the room of the officials and above the side room of Maaseiah, Shallum’s son, the doorkeeper.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard. I saw rooms there and pavement all around the courtyard. There were 30 rooms along the edge of the pavement.

Ezekiel 40:44

Outside the gateways to the inner courtyard were the rooms for the singers in the inner courtyards. One room was at the side of the north gateway. It faced south. The other room was at the side of the south gateway. It faced north.

Ezekiel 41:4

Then he measured the room at the end of the holy place. It was 35 feet long and 35 feet wide. The man said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said, “Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot go into the holy place whenever he wants to. If he goes up to the canopy and stands in front of the throne of mercy on the ark, he will die, because I appear in the smoke above the throne of mercy.

Numbers 7:89

Whenever Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the throne of mercy on the ark containing the words of God’s promise, from between the two angels. This is how the Lord spoke with Moses.