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Ing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

1 Chron. xxii, 1. Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel.

2 Chron. ill, 1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appear ed unto David bis father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chron. xx, 8. And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying.

Ps. lxviii, 16. Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

PILLARS.

house, that is, the temple before it, and the great court, and doors for
was forty cubits long.
cedar of the house within was of them with brass.
And the the court, and overlaid the doors
carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was
no stone seen. And the whole
he had finished all the house: also
house he overlaid with gold, until
the whole altar that was by the
the floor of the house he overlaid
oracle lie overlaid with gold. And
with gold, within and without.

2 Chron. iii, 3-7. 9. Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of cubits after the first measure was the house of God. The length by threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty; and he overlaid greater house he celled with firit within with pure gold. And the

Ps. lxxvi, 1, 2. In Judah is God known; his name is great in Israel. In Salem also is his taber-tree, which he overlaid with fine nacle, and his dwelling-place in and chains. And he garnished gold, and set thereon palm-trees Zion. P3. Ixxviii, 67-69. Moreover, hebeauty: and the gold was gold of the house with precious stones for refused the tabernacle of Joseph, Parvaim. and chose not the tribe of Eph-house, the beams, the posts, and He overlaid also the raim; But chose the tribe of Judah, the walls thereof, and the doors the mount Zion, which he loved, thereof, with gold; and graved And he built his sanctuary like cherubims on the walls. And the high palaces, like the earth which weight of the nails was fifty he hath established for ever. the upper chambers with gold, shekels of gold. And he overlaid

42. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high 1 Kings vii, 15--22, 27-37, 41, did compass either of them about. apiece: and a line of twelve cubits And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits chapiter was five cubits: And and the Leight of the other nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one that were upon the top with pomenet-work, to cover the chapiters granates: and so did he for the that were upon the top of the pilother chapiter. And the chapiters four cubits. lars were of lily-work in the porch, granates also above, over against upon the two pillars had pomeAnd the chapiters the belly which was by the netWork: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapitcr. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pilEzekiel xli, 8. I saw also the entering of the oracle he made pillars was lily-work: so was the 1 Kings vi, 81-34. And for the Boaz. And upon the top of the lar, and called the name thereof height of the house round about: doors of olive-tree: the lintel and work of the pillars finished. And the foundations of the side-cham-side-posts were a fifth part of the ho made ten bases of brass; four bers were a full reed of six great wall. The two doors also were of cubits was the length of one base, olive-tree;and he carved uponthem and four cubits the breadth there carvings of cherubims, and palm- of, and three cubits the height of trees, and open flowers, and over-it. And the work of the bases was laid them with gold, and spread on this manner: they had borders, gold upon the cherubims, and and the borders were between the made he for the door of the tem- were between the ledges were upon the palm-trees. So also ledges: And on the borders that ple posts of olive-tree, a fourth lions, oxen, and cherubims; and part of the wall. And the two upon the ledges there was a base doors were of fir-tree: the two above: and beneath the lions and ing. and the two leaves of the of thin work. leaves of the one door were fold-oxen were certain additions made other door were folding. had four brusen wheels, and plates And every base of brass; and the four corners

P8. cxxxii, 6. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratali; we found it in the fields of the wood.

cubits.

Rev. xi, 1. And there was given me a reed like unto a rod; and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship

therein.

2.-ITS DIMENSIONS AND MATERIALS.

1 Kings vi, 2. 3, 15, 17, 18. 22. 30. And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits. and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. And 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. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling and he covered then on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. And the

DOORS.

WINDOWS, STAIRCASE, AND thereof had undersetters: under

COURTS.

house he made windows of narrow
1 Kings vi, 4. 8, 36. And for the
lights. The door for the middle
chamber was in the right side of
the house: and they went up with
winding stairs into the middle
chamber, and out of the middle
into the third. And he built the
inner court with three rows of
hewed stone, and a row of cedar
beams.

made the court of the priests,
2 Chron. iv, 9. Furthermore he
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the laver were undersetters molchapifer and above, was a cubit: And the mouth of it, within the ten, at the sides of every addition. but the mouth thereof was round, after the work of the base, a cubit and an half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four-square, not round.

were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the work of the wheels was like cas a cubit and halt a cubit. And the base: and the height of a wheel

And under the borders

LAMPS, &c.

sticks of pure gold, five on the
1 Kings vii, 49. And the candle-
right side, and five on the left, be-
fore the oracle, with the flowers.
the lamps, and the tongs, of

gold.

the work of a charlot-wheel: their
axle-trees, and their naves, and
their felloes, and their spokes,
were all molten. And there were
four undersetters to the four cor-
ners of one base: and the under-and
Betters were of the very base
itself. And in the top of the base
2Chron. iv.7.20.21. And he made
was there a round compass of half
a cubit high; and on the top of the
ten candlesticks of gold, according
base, the ledges thereof, and the to their form, and set them in the
borders thereof, were of the same.temple, five on the right hand,
For on the plates of the ledges and five on the left. Moreover,
thereof, and on the borders there- the candlesticks with their lamps,
of, he graved cherubims, lions, and that they should burn after the
palm trees, according to the pro-
manner before the oracle, of pure
portion of every one, and additions gold; And the flowers, and the
round about. After this manner lamps, and the tongs, made he of
he made the ten bases: all of them gold, and that perfect gold.
had one casting, one measure, and
one size. The two pillars, and the
two bowls of the chapiters that
were on the top of the two pillars;
and the two net-works, to cover
the two bowls of the chapiters
which were upon the top of the
pillars: And four hundred pome-
granates for the two net-works,
even two rows of pomegranates
for one net-work, to cover the two
bowls of the chapiters that were
upon the pillars.

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THE CHERUBIM.

THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 1 Kings vi, 16, 19-21. And he 1 Kings vi, 23-29, 35. And withbuilt twenty cubits on the si les of in the oracle he made two cheru the house, both the floor and the bims of olive tree, each ten cubits walls with boards of cedar: he high. And five cubits was the even built them for it withir, even one wing of the cherub, and five for the oracle,evenfor the most holy cubits the other wing of the place. And the oracle he prepared cherub: from the uttermost part in the house within, to set there of the one wing unto the utterthe ark of the covenant of the most part of the other were ten LORD. And the oracle in the fore-cubits. And the other cherub part was twenty cubits in length, was ten cubits: both the cheruand twenty cubits in breadth, and Lims were of one measure and one 2 Kings xxv, 17. The height of twenty cubits in the height there-size. The height of the one the one pillar was eighteen cubits, of: and he overlaid it with pure cherub was ten cubits, and so was and the chapiter upon it was gold, and so covered the altar it of the ether cherub. And ho brass: and the height of the chapi- which was of cedar. So Solomon set the cherubims within the ter three cubits; and the wreathen-overlaid the house withinwith pure inner house: and they stretched work, and pomegranates upon the forth the wings of the cherubims, chapiter round about, all of brass: so that the wing of the one touchand like unto these had the second ed the one wall, and the wing of pillar with wreathen-work. the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. And he overlaid the cherubins with gold. And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palin-trees, and open flowers, within and without And he carved thercon cherubims, and palm-trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

gold: and he made a partition by
the chains of goldbefore the oracle;
and he overlaid it with gold.

1 Kings viii, 6, 7, 8, 21. And the Jer. lii, 21, 22. And concerning priests brought in the ark of the the pillars, the height of one pil- covenant of the LORD unto his lar was eighteen cubits; and a fil-place, into the oracle of the house, let of twelve cubits did compass to the most holy place, even under it; and the thickness thereof was the wings of the cherubims. For four fingers: it was hollow. Aud the cherubims spread forth their a chapiter of brass was upon it; two wings over the place of the and the height of one chapiter was ark,and the cherubims covered the five cubits, with net-work and ark and the staves thereof above. pomegranates upon the chapiters And they drew out the staves, that round about, all of brass: the the ends of the staves were seen second pillar also and the pome-out in the holy place before the granates were like unto these.

CHAMBERS.

1 Kings vi, 5, 6, 10. And 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. The nethermost

chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven

oracle, and they were not seen
without: and there they are unto
this day. And I have set there a
place for the ark, wherein is the
covenant of the LORD, which he
made with our fathers, when he
brought them out of the land of
Egypt.

the most holy house, the length
2 Chron. fil, 8. And he made
whereof was according to the
breadth of the house, twenty cu-
bits, and the breadth thereof
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it
with fine gold, amounting to six

cubits broad; for without in the
wall of the house he made nar-hundred talents.
rowed rests round about, that the
bears should not be fastened in
the walls of the house. And then
he buile chambers against all the
house five cubits high: and they
rested on the house with timber
of cedar.

2 Chron. v, 7, 9. And 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. And

2 Chron. iii, 10-13. And in the cherubims of image-work, and most holy house he made two overlaid them with gold. the wings of the cherubims tere And twenty cubits long; one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; • five cubits, reaching to the wing and the other wing was likewise of the other cherub. wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

And cne

2 Chron. v, 8. For the cherubims spread forth their wings

over the place of the ark, and the; Cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

THE LAVER AND THE

MOLTEN SEA.

1 Kings vii, 23-26, 3S. 39. And be made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cabits did compass it round about. And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows when it was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. And it was an handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lies: it contained two thousand baths. Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon

every one of the ten bases one laver. And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.

2 Chron. iv, 10. And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

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2 Kings xii, 13. Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

2 Chron. iv, 19, 22. And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shew-bread was set. And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold, and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chron. xxiv, 14. And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver: and they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

unto their hand six hundred and Ezra viil, 26-30. I even weighed fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; Also twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.

1 Kings vii, 40, 43, 44, 48, 50. Zech. xiv, 20, 21. In that day And Hiram made the lavers, and shall there be upon the bells of the shovels, and the basous: 80 the horses, HOLINESS UNTO Hiram made an end of doing all THE LORD; and the pots in the the work that he made king Solo- LORD's house shall be like the mon for the house of the LORD. bowls before the altar. Yea, every And the ten bases, and ten lavers pot in Jerusalem and in Judah on the bases; And one sea, and shall be holiness unto the LORD of twelve oxen under the sea. And hosts; and all they that eacrifice Solomon made all the vessels that shall come and take of them, and pertained unto the house of the Seethe therein: and in that day LORD: the altar of gold, and the there shall be no more the Catable of gold, whereupon the shew-naanite in the house of the LORD bread was. And the bowls, and of hosts. the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold; and the Linges of gold, both for the doors of the inuer house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

offerings, and the fat of the peaceofferings; because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

2 Chron. i, 5. Moreover, the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

2 Chron. iv, 1. Moreover, he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height

thereof.

Isa. xix, 19. In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.

OTHER ALTARS.

Gen. xxi, 33. And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

Josh. vill, 30. Then Joshua built rael in mount Ebal. an altar unto the LORD God of Is

Jud. xxi, 4. And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

an altar unto the LORD: the same 1 Sam. xiv, 35. And Saul built

unto the LORD. was the first altar that he built

2 Sam. xxiv, 18 25. And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the thrashingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burntofferings and peace-offerings.....

said unto all the people, Come 1 Kings xviii, 30-32. And Elijah near unto me. And all the peoplecame near unto him: and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

2 Kings xvill, 22. But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he whose Ligh places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jeru

THE BRAZEN ALTAR. 1 Kings viii, 64. The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat-salem?

2 Chron. xxxll, 12. Hath not] sheep. So the king and all the the shields of gold which Solomon the same Hezekiah taken away people dedicated the house of

his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalein, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it.

2 Chron. xxxiii, 16. And he repaired the altar of the LORD and Bacrificed thereon peace-offerings andthark-offerings and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of

Israel.

God.

SACRILEGE.

1 Kings xv, 18. Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying.

2 Kings xii, 18. And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Abaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD. and in the king's house, and sent to Hazael king of Syria; and he Wwent away from Jerusalem.

Era ill, 2, 3. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burntofferings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. And they set the altar upon his bases; (for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries;) and they offered burnt-it offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening.

2 Kings xvi. 8, 17. And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's Adon-house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

THE ALLTAR A PLACK OF SAFETY. 1 Kings 1, 50, 51, 53. And jah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solo non swear unto me to-day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar, and he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

1 Kings ii, 28--30. Then tidings came to Joab; (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not alter Absalom;) and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the alar: then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoida, saying, Go, fail upon him. And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

3.-DEDICATION OF THE

TEMPLE.

kiah gave him all the silver that
2 Kings xvii. 15, 16. And Heze
was found in the house of the
LORD and in the treasures of the
king's house.
Hezekiah cut off the gold from the
At that time did
doors of the temple of the LORD,
and from the pillars which Heze-
kial king of Judah had overlaid,
and gave it to the king of Assyria.
2 Chron. xxiv, 7. For the sons
of Athaliah, that wicked woman,
had broken up the house of God;
and also all the dedicated things
of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.

took away a portion out of the
2 Chron. xxvili, 21. For Ahaz
house of the LORD, and out of the
house of the king, and of the
princes, and gave it unto the king
of Assyria; but he helped him not.

DEPREDATION.

[Jehoash] took all the gold and
2 Kings xiv, 14. And he
silver, and all the vessels that
were found in the house of the
L050, and in the treasures of the
king's house, and hostages, and
returned to Samaria.

of Egypt came up against Jeru-
2 Chron. xii, 9. So Shishak king

had made.

2 Chron. xxxvi, 18. And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treas ures

princes; all these he [Nebuchadof the king, and of his nezzar] brought to Babylon.

of brass that were in the house of Jer. lil, 17-19. Also the pillars the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake,

and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. and the shovels, and the snuffers, The caldrons also, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass where with they ministered, took they away. And the basons, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the cldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

Dan. 1, 2. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into bis hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; which he carried house of his god; and he brought into the land of Shinar to the the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

Dan. v, 2, 3. Belshazzar, whiles sels which his father Nebuchadbring the golden and silver veshe tasted the wine, commanded to nezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that wives, and his concubines, night the king, and his princes, is drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

taken my silver and my gold, and Joel iii. 5. Because ye have have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.

REPAIRS.

2 Kings xii. 5, 6, 7 8, 11, 12, 14. Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches so, that in the three and twentieth of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. But it was year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of tie nouse. Then King Jeloash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, ond said unto breaches of the house? them, Why repair ye not the Now

2 Chron. vii, 4, 5. Then the king and allthe people offered sacrifices before the LORD. And king Solo-salem, and took away the treas-therefore receive no more money

mon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand

ures of the house of the LORD, and
the treasures of the king's house;
he took all: he cased away also

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of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. And the priests consented to re

ceive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the LORD. And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and bewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired

therewith the house of the LORD.

2 Kings xxii, 5, 6, 9. And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD; and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, Unto carpenters, and builders, and masous, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of

the house of the LORD.

2 Chron. xxiv, 12, 13. And the king and Jehofada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair

the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

2 Chron. xxvii, 3. He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

2 Chron. xxix, 3. He, in the first year of his reign in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 8-11. Now, in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the Bon of Azaliah, and Maaseial the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joalaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseli and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judab and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. And they put it in the hand of the workinen

among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonish

that had the oversight of the
house of the LonD, and they gave
it to the workmen that wrought
in the house of the LORD, to repaired,
and amend the house: Even to the
artificers and builders gave they it,
to buy hewn stone, and timber for
couplings, and to floor the houses
which the kings of Judah had de-
stroyed.

PURIFICATION.

2 Chron. xxix, 4. 5. 15-19. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, And said unto them. Hear me, ye Levites; Sanctify now yourselves,and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. And they gathered their brethren, and sanctifled themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. And the priest went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. Now they began on the first day of the first mouth to sanctify, and on the eight day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shew-bread table, with all the vessels thereof. Moreover, all the vessels which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of

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and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

Jer. vi, 13, 14. And now, be

cause yo have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh,

Jer. xxvil, 18-22. But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LoRD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pil lars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 100k not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylou, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; Yea, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the hou e of the king of Judah and Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD: then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

turu also from them, and they Ezek. vii, 22. My face will I shall pollute my secret place; for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

Ezek. xxiv, 21. Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary.....

2 Kings xxv, 13-16. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea, that was in the house of the LORD, did the Challees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Ba

have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and israelbylon. shall be a proverb and a by-word

And the pots, and the shovels, and the suuffers, and the

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