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House of the Forest

House of the Forest (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 22:8 (identified with Jerusalem ). Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Solomon's Temple & Wisdom Literature—King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include House of the Forest (Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 22:8 (identified with Jerusalem ).) House of the Forest of Lebanon (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:2 , 1 Kgs 10:17 , 1 Kgs 10:21 , 2 Chr 9:16 , 2 Chr 9:20 (identified with Jerusalem ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tel Dan Stele ( House of David Inscription ) — Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 22:8 : "And he discovered the covering of Judah , and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest."; Micah 3:12 : "Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest."; 1 Kings 10:17 : "And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon .". Related canonical books and chapters: 1 Kings 7 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)), 1 Kings 6 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)), 2 Chronicles 2 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

House of the Forest
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 22:8 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:2 , 1 Kgs 10:17 , 1 Kgs 10:21 , 2 Chr 9:16 , 2 Chr 9:20 (identified with Jerusalem ).

1 Kings 7
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1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pi... Mentions: Solomon , Naphtali , Boaz , David , Lebanon , Tyre , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zarethan .

Arad Ostraca — 'House of YHWH' Sherd (Beit YHWH)
IMAGE • archaeology

Judahite fortress letter mentioning provisions for the travelers and 'the House of YHWH' in Jerusalem .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo (oikodoméō) [oy-kod-om-eh'-o]
G3618 Greek verb 40x
to build a house, to build, the builders

Primary meaning: to build a house, to build, the builders, to build up. Strong's: to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm. Lexical nuances: to build a house , to build : absol., Lk 11:48 14:30 17:28 ; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες , the builders (as Ps 117 (118):22 , הַבּוֹנִים ), Mt 21:42 , Mk 12:10 , Lk 20:17 , I Pe 2:7 (LXX) ; ἐπ’ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰ. , proverb., Ro 15:20 ; c. acc. rei, Ga 2:18 ; πύργον , Mt 21:33 , Mk 12:1 , Lk 14:28 ; ἀποθήκας , Lk 12:18 ; ναόν , Mk 14:58 ; pass., Jo 2:20 ; οἰκία , Lk 6:48 ; c. acc. rei seq. dat. pers. (...

Derivation: from the same as G3619 (οἰκοδομή);
1 Kings 6
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1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel , in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .

οἰκία
oikia (oikía) [oy-kee'-ah]
G3614 Greek noun feminine 93x
a house, dwelling, at home

Primary meaning: a house, dwelling, at home, the household. Strong's: properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics). Lexical nuances: a house , dwelling : Mt 2:11 7:24-27 , Mk 1:29 , al.; ἐν οἰκίᾳ (= cl. κατ ̓ οἰκίαν ), at home , Lk 8:27 ; εἰς οἰ. , II Jo 10 ; οἰ , c. gen. pers., usually has the art. ( Mt 8:14 , al., but cf. οἶκος and v. Bl., § 46, 9); ἡ οἰ. τ. πατρός μου , Jo 14:2 . Metaph., of the body as the dwelling of the soul: II Co 5:1 ; of property (as בַּיִת , Ge 45:18 , LXX, τ. ὑπάρχοντα ; III Ki 13:8 , LXX, οἶκος )...

Derivation: from G3624 (οἶκος);
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Tel Dan Stele — 'House of David' (Bytdwd) Inscription
IMAGE • archaeology

Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty (' House of David ').

Aram-Damascus Stonecutters • Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
2 Chronicles 2
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .

1 Kings 9
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1 Kings • Chapter 9 (28 verses)

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon . And the Lord said unto him, I... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Esau ( Edom ), Solomon's , Gibeon , Egypt , Tyre , Galilee .

Isaiah 22
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Isaiah • Chapter 22 (25 verses)

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound... Mentions: Elam , Judah , David , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Hilkiah , Kir , Jerusalem .

2 Chronicles 7
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 7 (22 verses)

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lo... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , David , Hamath , Egypt , Solomon's .

1 Kings 5
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1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David . And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ... Mentions: Solomon, David, Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Lebanon , Solomon's .

Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • 2 Kings 8–9

Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

2 Chronicles 8
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 8 (18 verses)

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon , Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. And Solomon went to Hamath –zobah, and pre... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel , David , Moses , Esau ( Edom ), Hamath , Tadmor , Baalath 2 , Jerusalem , Lebanon .

2 Chronicles 3
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 3 (17 verses)

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah , where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite . And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fou... Mentions: Solomon , David, Boaz , Jerusalem , Moriah , Jebusite , Parvaim .

2 Chronicles 9
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 9 (31 verses)

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem , with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Nathan , Iddo , Sheba , Jerusalem , Ophir , Arabia , Lebanon .

Proverbs 24
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Proverbs • Chapter 24 (34 verses)

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Ecclesiastes 7
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 7 (29 verses)

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughte...

Proverbs 14
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Proverbs • Chapter 14 (35 verses)

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve the...

1 Chronicles 22
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 22 (19 verses)

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel . And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. And David prepared ... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Solomon , Moses , Tyre .

1 Kings 10
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1 Kings • Chapter 10 (29 verses)

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to ... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Sheba , Jerusalem , Solomon's , Ophir , Arabia .

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Archaeological visualization of the Galilean fishing village, 4th-century white synagogue, and octagonal church.

Channel 2 Archaeological Expeditions • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Silwan Tomb Inscription — 'Over the Royal Household'
IMAGE • archaeology

Rock-cut tomb inscription in the Kidron Valley attributed to Shebna, the royal steward rebuked by Isaiah ( Isaiah 22:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Jeremiah 10
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Jeremiah • Chapter 10 (25 verses)

Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel : Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Tarshish , Uphaz .

Proverbs 2
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Proverbs • Chapter 2 (22 verses)

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 1
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Proverbs • Chapter 1 (33 verses)

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Mentions: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel .

2 Samuel 7
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2 Samuel • Chapter 7 (29 verses)

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, ... Mentions: Nathan, David , Jacob/Israel , Saul , Egypt .

1 Kings 3
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1 Kings • Chapter 3 (28 verses)

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt , and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David , until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. Only the people sacrificed in high plac... Mentions: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Jerusalem , Gibeon .

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

Anointed in Bethlehem as the youngest son of Jesse , King David united the tribes of Israel , established Jerusalem as the royal and spiritual capital, and received God's covenant promise in 2 Samuel 7 and 1 Chronicles 17 of an eternal throne.

1 Samuel 22
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1 Samuel • Chapter 22 (23 verses)

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves... Mentions: David , Moab , Gad , Judah , Saul , Adullam , Mizpeh 1 , Gibeah 1 , Ramah 1 .

2 Corinthians 5
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2 Corinthians • Chapter 5 (21 verses)

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed w... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Hebrews 3
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Hebrews • Chapter 3 (19 verses)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses , in... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Moses, Egypt .

Ezra 6
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Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .

Scripture Passages (24)

And he discovered the covering of Judah , and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon .

And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon .

And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon .

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon .

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah , and spake to all the people of Judah , saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

1 Kings 7:2 (KJV)
1 Kings 7 KJV

He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

The burden upon Arabia . In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah , and in the forests he built castles and towers.

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

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