1 Chronicles 28:11

28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, ¹  its buildings, its treasuries, ²  its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room ³  for atonement.

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ⁴  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Chronicles 3:3-4

3:3 the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital;

the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.

3:4 These six were born to David ⁵  in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.

He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 41:15

41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ⁷ 

The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ⁸ 

Matthew 4:5

4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, ⁹  had him stand ¹⁰  on the highest point ¹¹  of the temple,

John 10:23

10:23 It was winter, ¹²  and Jesus was walking in the temple area ¹³  in Solomon’s Portico. ¹⁴ 

Acts 3:10-11

3:10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations ¹⁵  at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement ¹⁶  at what had happened to him.

Peter Addresses the Crowd

3:11 While the man ¹⁷  was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway ¹⁸  called Solomon’s Portico. ¹⁹ 

[28:11]  ¹ tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.

[28:11]  ² tn Or “storerooms.”

[28:11]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:4]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[41:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[41:15]  ⁸ tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”

[4:5]  ⁹ sn The order of the second and third temptations differs in Luke’s account (4:5-12) from the order given in Matthew.

[4:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and he stood him.”

[4:5]  ¹¹ sn The highest point of the temple probably refers to the point on the temple’s southeast corner where it looms directly over a cliff some 450 ft (135 m) high. However, some have suggested the reference could be to the temple’s high gate.

[10:23]  ¹² sn It was winter. The feast began on 25 Kislev, in November-December of the modern Gregorian calendar.

[10:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “in the temple.”

[10:23]  ¹⁴ tn Or “portico,” “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.”

[3:10]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “alms,” but this term is not in common use today, so the closest modern equivalent, “donations,” is used instead. The idea is that of a donation to charity.

[3:10]  ¹⁶ sn Amazement is a frequent response to miracles of Jesus or the apostles. These took the ancients by as much surprise as they would people today. But in terms of response to what God is doing, amazement does not equal faith (Luke 4:36; 5:9, 26; 7:16).

[3:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:11]  ¹⁸ tn Or “portico,” “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.” The translation “covered walkway” (a descriptive translation) was used here because the architectural term “portico” or “colonnade” is less familiar. However, the more technical term “portico” was retained in the actual name that follows.

[3:11]  ¹⁹ sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex. It was located on the east side of the temple (Josephus, Ant. 15.11.3-5 [15.391-420], 20.9.7 [20.221]) and was a place of commerce and conversation.