2Chr.3.1

2 Chronicles 3:1

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Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Temple Construction Begins

The Temple Construction in Jerusalem

Cross References

Acts 7:47

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But Solomon built him an house.

The Tabernacle of the Testimony

Stephen’s Defense

Genesis 22:2

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And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

The Offering of Isaac

1 Kings 6:1

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And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

Temple Construction Begins

The Building of the Temple

1 Chronicles 6:10

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And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

The Descendants of Levi

Genealogy: The Priestly Line

1 Chronicles 21:18

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¶ Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David Builds an Altar

1 Chronicles 22:1

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Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

Preparations for the Temple

2 Chronicles 3:2

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And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.