509 verses contain “temple” (in the KJV: 316, in the BSB: 368) — showing 401–500
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And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the
temple of God that is in Jerusalem,
vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
And all they that had made any
vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the
temple of the Lord was not yet built.
And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one
accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of God. So the workmen built the
temple of the Lord.
And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.
Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
And to the
dedication of the
temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priest of the Levites, of the holy singers,
porters, and ministers of the
temple, unto Jerusalem,
With that also which is given of the people for the
temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things
thereunto appertaining;
And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.
And
whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the
temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king’s treasury.
I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or
porters, or ministers of the
temple, or of any that have doings in this
temple, and that no man have authority to
impose any thing upon them.
And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit, the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names were shewed.
So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
And they delivered the king’s commandments unto the king’s stewards’ and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
Yea, and honoured the
temple of our Lord, and raised up the
desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure
abiding in
Jewry and Jerusalem.
And as
Esdras in his prayer made his confession,
weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the
temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great
weeping among the multitude.
Then
Esdras rising from the court of the
temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
And that
whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the
temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
And all the multitude sat
trembling in the broad court of the
temple because of the present foul weather.
For thou seest that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken down, our temple destroyed;
And when I was in mine own country, in the land of Israel being but young, all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the
temple of the
habitation of the most High was consecrated and built for all ages.
And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in
Judea, heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had
spoiled all their
temples, and brought them to
nought.
Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God:
Thus every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the
temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their
sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put
sackcloth about the altar,
But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very
sore, and were led
captives into a land that was not their’s, and the
temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
And blessed is the
eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the
temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
And he compassed him with pomegranates, and with many golden bells round about, that as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the
temple, for a
memorial to the children of his people;
He
beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the
temple might sound from morning.
So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the house, and set up an holy
temple to the Lord, which was prepared for
everlasting glory.
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:
He took care of the
temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against
besieging:
As the sun
shining upon the
temple of the most High, and as the
rainbow giving light in the bright clouds:
I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
At the same time when he received the vessels of the house of the Lord, that were carried out of the
temple, to return them into the land of Juda, the tenth day of the month
Sivan, namely, silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Jada had made,
They
wipe their faces because of the dust of the
temple, when there is much upon them.
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
And as the doors are made sure on every side upon him that offendeth the king, as being committed to suffer death: even so the priests make fast their
temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest their gods be
spoiled with robbers.
They are as one of the beams of the
temple, yet they say their hearts are
gnawed upon by things
creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.
Their faces are blacked through the smoke that cometh out of the temple.
And the priests sit in their
temples, having their clothes rent, and their heads and beards
shaven, and nothing upon their heads.
Blessed art thou in the
temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised and
glorified above all for ever.
Now the priests of
Bel were
threescore and ten, beside their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the
temple of
Bel.
So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before
Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they
strewed throughout all the
temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king’s
signet, and so departed.
Therefore the king
slew them, and delivered
Bel into Daniel’s power, who destroyed him and his
temple.
And the table of the
shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials. and the censers of gold, and the
veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the
temple, all which he pulled off.
And
forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the
temple; and that they should
profane the sabbaths and festival days:
Her temple is become as a man without glory.
And laid up the stones in the mountain of the
temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to
shew what should be done with them.
And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the
temple, and
hallowed the courts.
They made also new holy vessels, and into the
temple they brought the
candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings, and of incense, and the table.
And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the
candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the
temple.
They decked also the
forefront of the
temple with crowns of gold, and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and
hanged doors upon them.
So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him: then all the heathen, being
discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the
temple that was at Carnaim.
But they took the city, and burned the
temple with all that were therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before
Judas.
And that there was in it a very rich
temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the
Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there.
Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the
temple,
weeping, and saying,
And all the
overplus, which the officers payed not in as in former time, from henceforth shall be given toward the works of the
temple.
And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the
temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they
appertain to the priests that minister.
And
whosoever they be that
flee unto the
temple at Jerusalem, or be within the
liberties hereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
The
horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to
Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their
idol’s
temple, for safety.
But
Jonathan set fire on
Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the
temple of
Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.
And when he came near to
Azotus, they shewed him the
temple of
Dagon that was burnt, and
Azotus and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad and them that he had burnt in the battle; for they had made heaps of them by the way where he should pass.
He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with
gladness. Moreover the hill of the
temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
He
beautified the sanctuary, and multiplied vessels of the
temple.
Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy
temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.
And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed
invincible, they were slain in the
temple of Nanea by the
deceit of Nanea’s priests.
Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into the compass of the
temple, they shut the
temple as soon as
Antiochus was come in:
Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the
purification of the
temple upon the five and
twentieth day of the month Casleu, we thought it necessary to
certify you thereof, that ye also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the
temple and the altar.
It was also declared, that he being wise offered the sacrifice of
dedication, and of the finishing of the
temple.
And recovered again the
temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and
upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being
gracious unto them with all favour:
It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place, and
magnify the
temple with their best gifts;
But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city.
And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them, that had committed it to the
holiness of the place, and to the majesty and
inviolable sanctity of the
temple, honoured over all the world.
But they praised the Lord, that had
miraculously honoured his own place: for the
temple; which a little
afore was full of fear and trouble, when the
Almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and
gladness.
That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but
despising the
temple, and neglecting the sacrifices,
hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of
Discus called them forth;
Now
Menelaus, supposing that he had
gotten a convenient time,
stole certain vessels of gold out of the
temple, and gave some of them to
Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyrus and the cities round about.
Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy
temple of all the world;
Menelaus, that
traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
So when
Antiochus had carried out of the
temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he departed in all
haste unto Antiochia,
weening in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea passable by foot: such was the
haughtiness of his mind.
And to
pollute also the
temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the
temple of Jupiter Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place.
For the
temple was filled with
riot and
revelling by the Gentiles, who
dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful.
And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was
trodden down of all; and also
pity the
temple profaned of ungodly men;
For he had entered the city called
Persepolis, and went about to
rob the
temple, and to hold the city;
whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that
Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
And the holy
temple, which before he had
spoiled, he would
garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue
defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:
Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city:
And having
cleansed the
temple they made another altar, and striking stones they took fire out of them, and offered a sacrifice after two years, and set forth incense, and lights, and
shewbread.
Now upon the same day that the strangers
profaned the
temple, on the very same day it was
cleansed again, even the five and
twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu.
And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:
Wherefore our mind is, that this nation shall be in rest, and we have determined to restore them their temple, that they may live according to the customs of their forefathers.
Then Maccabeus marched forth to Carnion, and to the
temple of Atargatis, and there he
slew five and twenty thousand persons.
Which things when
Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy
temple:
So when he had committed all to the
Creator of the world, and
exhorted his soldiers to fight
manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the
temple, the city, the country, and the
commonwealth, he camped by Modin:
Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, was
desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and
sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the
temple, and dealt kindly with the place,