TEMPLES
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(Note centered headings below: Built by Solomon; Built by Zerubbabel; Rebuilt by Herod; Spiritual [Christian Congregation]; Spiritual [Jehovah’s Great Spiritual Temple]; Visionary [Isaiah 6]; Visionary [Ezekiel 8-11]; Visionary [Ezekiel 40-48]; Visionary [Revelation])
Aztec: g87 2/8 23-25
Babylon (city): it-1 236; rs 50
Babylonia: w89 4/1 7
ziggurats: it-1 147; g89 1/22 21, 23
banking activities: it-1 248
Beth-shean (Beth-shan):
temples found confirm Bible: it-1 151, 304
Buddhist: sh 131
Marble Temple (Thailand): g89 4/22 16-17
plagued with woodpeckers (Japan): g01 4/22 29
Temple of the Tooth (Sri Lanka): sh 157; g89 4/22 18
Cambodia:
Angkor Wat: w98 5/1 3
congregations of anointed Christians: re 29
Corinth:
temple of Aphrodite: it-1 509
temple of Apollo: g91 1/22 17-18
temple of Asclepius: it-1 509
“do you rob temples?” (Ro 2:22): w02 6/15 18-19
Egypt (ancient):
Amon-Ra at Karnak: it-1 149-150, 158, 534, 692; it-2 506; g 11/10 16-17; si 332-333; w88 2/1 26
Amon-Ra at Luxor: it-1 533
sun worship at On (Heliopolis): it-2 555
Zoan (Tanis): it-2 1239
Ephesus:
Artemis: bt 161; it-1 183, 732-734; w04 12/15 27-28; w93 1/15 24; si 221; gm 63
Ethiopia (ancient): g90 6/22 24-25
Greece (ancient):
Athens: it-1 1002; w04 1/15 32; w98 7/15 26
Greek words: it-2 1076; re 124; w02 5/1 30-31
Israel (ancient): it-2 1076-1081; nwt 1714; w02 11/15 4-6; w96 7/1 8-13
age for service at: it-1 56-57; it-2 241, 684, 793-794; si 32; w89 7/1 29
alternative at city of Arad: w08 7/1 24-25
courtyards: w23.10 28
David organizes worship: mwb23.03 2
extinguishers: it-1 788; it-2 983; nwt 1698
false trust in temple: si 125; w88 4/1 12, 14, 16-17
financing of services: w11 11/1 12
fire holders: it-1 834
holiness: it-1 1133
importance: w94 12/1 9-11
incense offering: it-1 1153-1154; nwt 1701; w06 9/1 24; w03 6/1 28-29
Jehovah abandons: w96 7/1 13
Jehovah’s house: w09 6/15 7; w06 11/1 18-19
Jehovah’s interest in: mwb23.03 6
Jehovah’s presence in: it-2 677; si 80-81
Jehovah’s throne in: it-2 1097-1098
lampstands: it-2 180
location: w89 3/1 16
music: it-2 451-454; w10 12/15 21-22; w09 12/1 29; w97 2/1 25-26
needed for Messiah’s appearance: g90 12/8 13
Nethinim: it-2 496
photos of site: it-2 947-948
priests’ assignments: it-2 686
priests’ duties: it-2 685
shovels: it-2 936
snuffers: it-2 983; nwt 1711-1712
swallows’ nests: it-2 1046
temple tax: it-2 1069; w11 11/1 12
treasury: it-2 1122-1123
trumpets: it-2 1130
utensils: it-2 1144
Italy:
Pantheon (Rome): g01 10/8 8; w99 3/15 24-25
Jesus’ body a temple (Joh 2:19-21): it-1 373; it-2 1083
Lord comes to (Mal 3:1): w89 7/1 30
Maya: g90 5/8 15-17
New Jerusalem: it-2 1083
Jehovah and Lamb its temple (Re 21:22): w22.05 18; re 309
pagan:
asylum for criminals: w95 11/15 11
Philistia:
temple of Dagon: it-1 159, 900; it-2 850; lfb 93
temple unearthed at Gath: g 5/11 29
salt used in offerings: it-2 842; w04 5/15 22; g02 6/8 14; gt chapter 35; w86 10/1 9
Samaritan temple on Mt. Gerizim: it-1 926; it-2 848; si 90
Sardis:
Artemis: it-2 946
Sikh:
Golden Temple (India): sh 100
Syria:
Baal and Dagan: w03 7/15 25-26
Taoist: sh 166
Built by Solomon
altar of burnt offering: it-1 83
altar of incense: it-1 83, 1195
archaeological finds:
inscription naming temple: g98 5/8 29
ark of the covenant: it-1 167; w09 9/1 18; w05 12/1 19
beauty: it-1 180
chambers: it-2 1077
cherubs:
as ornamentation: it-1 432
comment by Josephus: w91 3/1 31
construction: mwb22.07 11; it-1 372, 750; it-2 988, 1076-1077; my story 64; si 65-66
beginning: it-1 461; it-2 1076; si 285, 295
cost: it-2 1076
Hiram-abi assists: it-1 1121-1122
King Hiram assists: it-1 1121; it-2 1076-1077
not Phoenician artisanship: it-1 159-160, 180
time: it-2 1076; si 80
when completed: it-1 374; si 295
workers: it-2 1076-1077
contributions:
temple construction: kr 195; w09 11/15 18-19; w06 11/1 18; w00 1/15 15; w97 11/1 27; w94 12/1 14
temple repairs: it-1 503; w05 11/1 26-27
copper items: w13 12/1 13
where cast: it-2 1219-1220
damage:
Ahaz: it-1 62
David’s preparations: it-1 159, 590; it-2 1076; w17.01 28-29; lfb 104-105; w92 1/15 15; si 77-78
contributions: it-1 502; w16.11 19; w09 8/1 30; w09 11/15 18-19; w04 4/1 18-19; w03 11/1 27-29
despite unfulfilled desire to construct: w23.04 16; mwb23.01 13; bm 12; w06 7/15 19
ornamental stones: it-2 74-75
site purchased: it-1 146-147; it-2 715
stones hewn: it-2 42
value of gold: it-1 982; it-2 558
value of gold and silver: it-2 1076
dedication: it-1 198; it-2 988-989, 1077; w98 3/1 9-10; si 66, 80-81
sacrifices: w00 8/15 22
Solomon’s prayer: mwb22.07 14; it-1 137; it-2 989; w09 11/15 9; w05 7/1 30; w99 1/15 17; w96 7/1 12
year: it-2 988-989; w05 7/1 29
description: it-2 1077; gl 20
pictures: it-1 748, 750-751; mwb16.01 3; nwt 1778-1779; gl 21; w96 10/15 8-9
design: si 80
ground plan: it-1 751-752; nwt 1778; gl 21; w02 5/1 31; w00 1/15 16
destruction:
date: it-1 11, 812; it-2 44, 482
discussion: it-2 1076-1078; lfb 108; w11 12/15 9-10
extinguishers: it-1 788
fire holders (censers): it-1 834
gatekeepers: it-1 898
gates: it-1 897
history: it-2 1077-1078
Holy: it-1 1133-1134; it-2 1077; nwt 1701
lampstands: it-2 197
location:
Jehovah-jireh possibly: it-2 21
Moriah: it-2 432-433
looted:
Hazael (king of Syria): it-1 1266
Jehoash (king of Israel): it-1 1266
Nebuchadnezzar (617 B.C.E.): it-1 1267
Shishak (Pharaoh of Egypt): w90 6/15 7
materials used: it-2 1077; re 25
alabaster: it-1 69
algum wood: it-1 72
cedar: it-1 424; w11 2/1 15; w89 9/1 16
gold: it-1 982; w96 10/15 9
iron: it-1 1216
juniper wood: it-2 139
molten sea: it-1 261; it-2 425-426; w13 12/1 13; w08 2/1 15; w05 12/1 19; w04 1/15 31; si 80
bulls supporting: w05 12/1 19
Most Holy: it-1 1133; it-2 441-442, 1077; si 80
ornamentation: it-2 560
carvings: it-1 421
cherubs: it-1 432
precious stones on exterior: it-2 75
pillars Jachin and Boaz: mwb22.07 12; it-1 348; it-2 643; w13 12/1 13; si 80
capitals: it-1 412
porch: w24.10 31; w24.12 31; it-2 654
purpose: w89 12/1 6
repairs by Hezekiah (king of Judah): mwb16.01 3; w09 6/15 9
repairs by Jehoash (king of Judah): w05 11/1 26-27
Built by Zerubbabel
altar of burnt offering: it-1 83
altar of incense: it-1 83
compared with Solomon’s temple: si 87
construction: it-2 1078; w06 1/15 18; my story 81; w98 10/15 11; si 86
date foundation laid: it-1 463; it-2 1078; si 296
time line: mwb16.01 5
weeping of old men when foundation laid: w22.03 16; w06 1/15 18; w86 1/15 8
Zerubbabel directs: it-2 650, 1232-1233
construction opposed: w22.03 14-15; it-1 181-182; it-2 848, 1233; w11 3/15 3-4; si 86, 166, 168; w86 1/15 8-9
banned: si 296
tactful reply of older men: it-1 583-584; w86 2/1 29
work suspended: w22.03 14-15; it-1 182; si 86; w88 8/1 28
construction resumed: mwb23.07 2; w22.03 15-16
ban lifted: w22.03 15; w88 3/15 27
completion: it-1 463, 584; it-2 1078; mwb16.01 5; w06 1/15 18; w98 3/1 12; si 86, 296; w86 1/15 9
date: w06 1/15 18; si 169
Haggai encourages: w23.11 14-17; it-1 1018; jd 26, 93-94; si 86, 166-168
Zechariah urges: w23.11 14-17; it-2 1226; w17.10 29-30; jd 26-27; si 86, 168-169; w89 6/15 30
contents: it-2 1079
Cyrus’ decree: it-1 568-569; it-2 1078-1079; si 86; w88 3/15 27
Cyrus’ memorandum confirming: it-1 569, 674
Darius upholds legality: it-1 583-584, 674; si 86, 168
description: it-2 1078-1079
desecrated by Antiochus IV (Epiphanes): it-1 824, 1231-1232; w98 11/15 22; w96 1/15 27; g90 12/8 12
discussion: it-2 1078-1079; w06 1/15 17; w06 4/15 21; si 86
East Gate: it-1 897
Haggai’s prophecy: w23.11 14-17; it-1 1018-1019; w97 1/1 8-11; si 166-168; w89 6/1 30-31
glory greater (Hag 2:9): w07 12/1 9; w97 1/1 9; w96 7/1 12-13; w89 6/1 30
history: w96 7/1 12
inauguration: si 86-87
lampstands: it-2 198
Nethinim: w92 4/15 14-16
rededication by Maccabees: it-1 824-825; w98 11/15 23; si 297; g90 12/8 12-13
sons of servants of Solomon: w92 4/15 14, 16
years of existence: it-2 1078
Zechariah’s prophecy: w23.11 14-17
crowns High Priest Joshua (Zec 6:9-15): w17.10 29-30
Rebuilt by Herod
altar of burnt offering: it-1 83; it-2 543
altar of incense: it-1 83
archaeological finds:
blood conduit from altar site: w25.07 31; it-1 83
masonry thrown down at destruction: w88 10/1 3
“Place of Trumpeting” inscription: w87 5/15 24-25
seal with “Pure for God” inscription: w14 2/1 10
attitude of Jews toward: it-1 373
captain of the temple: it-1 413; w09 10/1 28
“cave of robbers” (Mt 21:13; Mr 11:17; Lu 19:46): w17.06 32
colonnades: it-2 1079
colonnade of Solomon: bt 38; it-1 488; it-2 542-543, 745, 1079; nwt 1712; gt chapter 81; w88 11/15 8
Royal Colonnade: it-2 542-543, 1079
construction: it-1 373, 1091-1092; it-2 1079; w15 10/1 9; g 9/09 24, 26
“built in 46 years” (Joh 2:20): it-1 1092; it-2 1079; w08 4/15 30
contributions at: it-2 1122-1123; w14 1/1 11; w87 12/1 28-29
Court of Israel: it-2 543, 1080
Court of Priests: it-2 543, 1080
Court of the Gentiles: it-2 542-543, 1079-1080; w02 5/1 30
Court of Women: it-2 543, 1080, 1122-1123; jy 162; w14 1/1 11; gt chapter 68; w88 5/1 8; w87 12/1 28-29
curtain between Holy and Most Holy: it-2 1080; re 161; w91 2/15 8
rent at Jesus’ death: it-2 441-442; jy 301; w96 7/1 15-16; w91 2/15 8-9; gt chapter 126
description: it-2 1079-1081; w96 7/1 13
diagrams: it-2 542-543; w13 4/15 32; nwt 1784; gl 31
models: it-2 538; w96 7/1 10-11; w88 7/1 31
pictures: it-2 543; nwt 1784-1785; gl 31
destruction: it-2 47, 1080-1081
Arch of Titus commemorates: it-2 536, 752; si 336-337
date: it-1 11; it-2 482; si 297
finality of: w89 3/15 25
whether ever rebuilt: w13 4/15 32
discussion: it-2 45, 1079-1081
enlargement of Temple Mount: w97 6/15 12
gatekeepers: it-1 898
golden spikes at summit: it-2 1046
Jesus cleanses (30 C.E.): cl 148-149; lfb 180-181; jy 43; w12 4/15 5-6; w10 12/15 8-9; w09 6/15 7; my story 89; w00 9/15 11; w95 9/15 11; gt chapter 16; w87 6/15 12-13
location: it-2 1079
whip of ropes: it-2 1180
Jesus cleanses (33 C.E.): cl 149, 151; jy 240; kr 100; nwt 1787; w11 10/1 10; w09 6/15 11-12; w00 9/15 17; w98 3/15 5-6; w95 9/15 11; gt chapter 103; w89 11/15 8; w87 6/15 13
location: it-2 1079
Jesus presented after 40 days old: it-2 347; jy 20; ia 160-161; w08 10/1 25; gt chapter 6
Jesus taken by Satan to battlement (Mt 4:5; Lu 4:9): w16.03 31-32; w16.06 32
Jesus teaches at: jy 158, 162-165, 238, 240-244, 246-255; gt chapters 66-69, 102-110; w90 1/1 8-9; w90 2/1 8-9; w90 3/1 24-25; w89 11/1 9; w89 12/1 8-9; w89 12/15 8-9; w88 4/1 8-9; w88 4/15 8; w88 5/1 8-9; w88 5/15 8-9
Jesus visits at age 12: cf 36-37, 133; it-2 538; lfb 170-171; w15 2/15 11; jy 28; ia 167-170; w12 4/1 26-27; w10 4/1 30-31; w08 9/1 24; my story 87; w94 10/15 18-19; gt chapter 10
lampstand in Holy: it-2 180, 197-198; si 336-337
lampstands in Court of Women:
during Festival of Booths (Tabernacles): it-1 823-824; jy 162; gt chapter 68; w88 5/1 8
Lord’s coming to (Mal 3:1): w13 7/15 10-11; w09 6/15 7, 11-12; w92 12/1 11; w87 6/15 12-14
lots drawn to choose goat for Azazel: it-2 272
model: g 9/09 25
molten sea: it-2 543
money changers: it-2 428; w11 10/1 10; w98 3/15 6; w97 8/1 10; w87 12/1 29
Most Holy:
no Ark: it-2 441-442
passageway to Tower of Antonia: it-2 45
Paul’s visit to: w16.09 15; w87 8/1 13-14
stones: jy 255; w08 8/1 26; gt chapter 110; w90 3/1 25
temple police: w20.03 31
temple tax (two drachmas): cf 111; it-1 626, 648; it-2 428, 1034, 1069; jy 148; w08 2/1 15; w02 9/1 10; gt chapter 62; w88 2/1 8; w87 12/1 28-29
treasury: it-2 1122-1123; w14 1/1 11
treasury chests: it-2 1122-1123; w14 1/1 11; w87 12/1 28-29
wall fencing off Jew from Gentile (Soreg): it-1 359-360; it-2 542, 1080, 1165; w08 7/1 21; w01 12/15 22; w88 7/1 31
sign warning Gentiles not to enter: it-2 1080; w88 7/1 31
watchmen: it-1 898; w97 3/1 16
Western Wall (Wailing Wall): w02 11/15 5; g89 5/22 21
Spiritual (Christian Congregation)
building: it-1 373
cornerstone: it-1 514, 867; it-2 1036
discussion: it-2 1083; w06 11/1 24
free of idolatry: w93 1/15 25-26
holy spirit’s operation: it-2 1023
not Jehovah’s great spiritual temple: w23.10 25; w10 7/15 22
respect for: w07 4/1 24
secondary foundations: it-1 514, 867
why Paul wrote to Ephesians about: it-1 732; si 221
Spiritual (Jehovah’s Great Spiritual Temple)
appreciation for: w15 7/15 8
beginning: w23.10 26; w20.07 31; it-2 1081; w15 7/15 7-8; w96 7/1 15
courtyards: w23.10 28-29
altar of sacrifice: w20.07 31; it-2 1081; re 161; ip-1 92-93; w99 3/1 19-20; w96 7/1 14-15, 20-21
basin: w96 7/1 16, 21
cast out, trampled (Re 11:2): it-2 860-861; re 162-163
“great crowd” in outer courtyard (Re 7:15): w23.10 29; w21.01 16; it-2 1081; re 124, 126; w02 5/1 30-31; w00 11/15 13-14; w96 7/1 20-21
inner priestly courtyard: it-2 1081; re 161-162; w02 5/1 31; w96 7/1 16, 20
“place of my feet” (Isa 60:13): w02 7/1 14-15; ip-2 314-315
curtain: w23.10 28; it-2 1081; re 161; w00 1/15 15-16; w96 7/1 15-16
definition: w23.10 24; it-2 1081; rr 138, 141; w15 7/15 7; w09 6/15 7; w06 9/1 24-25
not the anointed Christian congregation (1Co 3:16, 17; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:19-22): w23.10 25
not the spiritual paradise: w23.10 25; w15 7/15 9
not the temple Ezekiel saw in vision (Eze 40:1-5): w23.10 25
discussion: w23.10 24-29; it-2 1081-1082; w10 7/15 22; re 64, 161-162; w00 1/15 15-16; w96 7/1 14-24
foreshadowed by tabernacle (Heb 8:1-5; 9:9, 11, 12, 24): w23.10 25-27; it-2 1081-1082; w10 7/15 22; re 161-162; w03 2/15 29; si 87
Haggai’s prophecy: w00 1/15 15-16; w97 1/1 9-11
glory (Hag 2:7, 9): w97 1/1 12, 14, 22; w96 7/1 18-19
Holy: w23.10 28; it-2 1081; re 161; w96 7/1 16-18, 21
altar of incense: w96 7/1 18, 21
lampstand: w96 7/1 17, 21
table of showbread: w96 7/1 17-18, 21
identifying those who serve at: w15 7/15 8-9
Isaiah’s prophecy:
glory (Isa 60:13): w15 7/15 7-9; w02 7/1 14-15; ip-2 314-315
“house of Jehovah” (Isa 2:2; Mic 4:1): it-2 1081-1082
John’s visionary temple (Re 11:1, 2): re 161-162; w88 10/15 12
Lord’s coming to (Mal 3:1): w13 7/15 11-12; w10 3/15 23; w07 4/1 22; w07 12/15 27-28; jd 179-182; re 31-32, 55-56; ip-2 397; w92 12/1 13; w87 6/15 14-17
purpose of cleansing: w93 5/1 16
“refiner” “will cleanse the sons of Levi” (Mal 3:2, 3): w14 11/15 30; kr 22-23, 100-101; w13 7/15 11-12; w10 9/15 25-26; w93 5/1 15-16
Most Holy: w23.10 28; it-2 1081; w96 7/1 15-16
‘anointed’ (Da 9:24): it-2 902; w01 5/15 27; dp 195; w96 7/1 15
“pillar in the temple” (Re 3:12): it-2 1081; re 64
relationship to Ezekiel’s visionary temple (Eze 40-48): w23.10 25; it-2 1082; w07 8/1 10; w99 3/1 11; w88 9/15 26
understanding clarified (2018): rr 138-141, 240
“the true tent” (Heb 8:2): it-2 1081
understanding clarified (1972): w10 7/15 22; w00 3/15 13-14
Zechariah’s prophecy:
headstone (Zec 4:7): w06 4/15 25-26
Visionary (Isaiah 6)
altar: ip-1 92-93
Jehovah’s presence: ip-1 87-88
Visionary (Ezekiel 8-11)
discussion: rr 50-59; w07 7/1 11; si 134
idolatry: it-1 215; rr 53-55, 58-59; my story 76; w93 1/15 27-28; w88 9/15 13-14; w86 4/1 19-20
year of vision: it-2 1227
Visionary (Ezekiel 40-48)
altar of burnt offering: it-1 83-84; w07 8/1 10; w99 3/1 19-20
altar of incense: it-1 84
building west of temple: it-2 1082-1083
chambers: it-2 1082
chieftain: it-1 433-434; rr 158-159, 220; w07 8/1 10-11; w99 3/1 9-11, 16-17; w88 9/15 27
compared with John’s vision: si 137
courtyards: it-2 1082; rr 157-158; w99 3/1 14
dining rooms: it-2 1082; rr 152-153, 157-158
discussion: it-2 1082-1083; rr 137-154, 156-159, 200-225; mwb17.08 7; mwb17.09 2-4; w07 8/1 9-11; w99 3/1 8-23; si 136-137; w88 9/15 26-27
features: w88 9/15 26-27
gateways: it-2 655, 1082; rr 149, 152-153, 156-157; kr 108-109, 114, 117; w99 3/1 13-14
Holy Place: it-2 1082
illustrations: rr 82-83, 143-145, 152-153; w07 8/1 9; w99 3/1 8; w88 9/15 25
Jehovah enters: rr 159
meaning to Jewish exiles: it-1 795; rr 141-142, 146-147, 149-151, 154
measuring of: it-2 1082; rr 147, 152, 154-156; w07 8/1 10; re 162; w99 3/1 9, 14; w88 10/15 13
Most Holy: it-2 1083
not literal: it-1 792; it-2 1082; rr 142, 146; w99 3/1 11
porches:
gateways: it-2 655
temple: it-2 655
priesthood: rr 158
prophetic significance: rr 137-142, 146-147; w07 8/1 10-11; w99 3/1 9-10
fulfillment after exile: rr 150-151, 154; w99 3/1 11, 19
fulfillment during last days: rr 141, 154, 156-158; kr 108; w00 3/15 13-14; w99 3/1 11-21
fulfillment during Millennium: rr 159, 208-210; w99 3/1 12, 21-23
nonpriestly tribes: rr 213-217; w10 3/15 26
relationship to great spiritual temple: w23.10 25; it-2 1082; rr 138-141, 240; w07 8/1 10; w99 3/1 11; w88 9/15 26
stream flowing out: cl 275-276; rr 152-153, 202-210; w07 8/1 11; w99 3/1 10-11, 18-22; w89 11/1 17; w88 9/15 27
trees by stream: rr 202, 205-208, 210; w07 8/1 11; w99 3/1 10-11, 20-21; w88 9/15 27
understanding clarified (1998): w06 2/15 30; w00 3/15 13-14; w99 1/15 9; w99 3/1 8-23
understanding clarified (2018): rr 138-141, 240
walls:
of temple: rr 150
perimeter wall: rr 149-150, 152-153, 156
Visionary (Revelation)
altar of burnt offering: re 100
angel emerges (Re 14:18): re 212
praises Jehovah’s judgments (Re 16:7): re 224-225
souls under (Re 6:9-11): w07 1/1 29-30; re 100-103, 289
altar of incense: re 129-131, 148
ark of the covenant (Re 11:19): it-1 168; re 175-176
courtyard trampled (Re 11:2): it-2 860; re 162-163
glassy sea (Re 4:6; 15:2): it-2 426; re 79, 216-217
Jehovah’s throne: re 74-89
measuring of: w14 11/15 30; re 161-162; w88 10/15 12-13
“24 elders” (Re 4:4; 5:8): re 76-77, 85-88
sanctuary: re 161-162, 175-176
angel from (Re 14:15): re 211-212
angel from, with sickle (Re 14:17): re 212
filled with smoke (Re 15:8): re 219-220
loud voice out of (Re 16:1): re 220
measuring of (Re 11:1): re 162
seven angels from (Re 15:5, 6): re 218-219
similarities to tabernacle: ijwbq article 72
symbolic of great spiritual temple: re 161-162; w88 10/15 12