Acts 7:47 Cross References

Acts 7:47

47: But it was Solomon who actually built it.

"And now the LORD has done what he promised, for I have become king in my father's place. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

He is the one who will build a house--a temple--for my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

The foundation of the LORD's Temple was laid in midspring of the fourth year of Solomon's reign.
The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn of the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.

Now when David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am living in this beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of the LORD's covenant is out in a tent!"

King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David, so when he learned that David's son Solomon was the new king of Israel, Hiram sent ambassadors to congratulate him.
Then Solomon sent this message back to Hiram:

So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to Solomon's father, King David. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

Tell him that the LORD Almighty says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out where he is and build the Temple of the LORD.
He will build the LORD's Temple, and he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne, and there will be perfect harmony between the two.

Solomon now decided that the time had come to build a Temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
He enlisted a force of 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country, and 3,600 foremen.
Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram at Tyre: "Send me cedar logs like the ones that were supplied to my father, David, when he was building his palace.
I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn incense and sweet spices before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.

King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre,
for he was a craftsman skilled in bronze work. He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a foundry worker from Tyre. So he came to work for King Solomon.
Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
For the tops of the pillars he made capitals of molded bronze, each 7 1/2 feet tall.
Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.

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