Lexicon :: Strong's H1964 - hêḵāl

So Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside the doorpost of the temple (tabernacle) of the LORD.

“In my distress I called upon the LORD;

I cried out to my God,

And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice;

My cry for help came into His ears.

Also he made for the entrance of the [outer] sanctuary (the Holy Place) four-sided doorposts (frames) of olive wood

Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, close beside the [winter] palace of Ahab king of Samaria;

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, for [the goddess] Asherah, and for all the [starry] host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel [where Israel’s idolatry began].

And he made ten golden lampstands just as directed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

But when Uzziah became strong, he became so proud [of himself and his accomplishments] that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful and sinned against the LORD his God, for he went [fn]into the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with their cymbals, to praise the LORD in accordance with the directions of David king of Israel.

Now when [the Samaritans] the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles from the captivity were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel,

When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was [fn]confined at home, he said, “Let us meet [and take refuge] together in the house of God, [fn]within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, because they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;

At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven.

His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the LORD

And cried to my God for help;

He heard my voice from His temple,

And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.

One thing I have asked of the LORD, and that I will seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD [in His presence] all the days of my life,

To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the LORD

And to meditate in His temple.

The voice of the LORD [fn]makes the doe labor and give birth

And strips the forests bare;

And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;

From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

With gladness and rejoicing will they be led;

They will enter into the King’s palace.

We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,

In the midst of Your temple.

Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near

To dwell in Your courts.

We will be filled with the goodness of Your house,

Your holy temple.

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem

[Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect].

A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance;

They have defiled Your sacred temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple

And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;

For You have magnified Your word together with Your name.

Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,

And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;

You may grasp the lizard with your hands,

Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw [in a vision] the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, with the train of His royal robe filling the [most holy part of the] temple.

[fn]Hyenas will howl in their castles,

And jackals in their luxurious palaces.

Babylon’s time has nearly come,

And her days will not be prolonged.

“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd (ruler),

And he will carry out all that I desire—’

Saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be built,’

And of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall [again] be laid.’”

“The sound of an uproar from the city! A voice from the temple!

The voice of the LORD, providing retribution to His enemies.

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah [who was also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah [along] with the craftsmen and smiths into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, the LORD showed me [in a vision] two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD.

Listen to the voice of the refugees who flee and escape from the land of Babylon,

Proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,

The vengeance [of the LORD against the Chaldeans] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.

Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!

The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the [fn]Medes,

Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;

For that is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.