Places of the Bible
Most Holy Place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Most Holy Place, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Reign of Solomon · 1014 BC · 4 verses
- Construction of Solomon's Temple · 1011 BC · 2 verses
- Prophecies of Ezekiel · 592 BC · 3 verses
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It contained the table of showbread (Ex. 25:23-29) and the golden altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest colours.
The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place stood the great tank or “sea” of molten brass, supported by twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 12 verses
- 1 Kings
- 6:16, 7:50, 8:6, 8:13
- 1 Chronicles
- 6:49
- 2 Chronicles
- 3:8, 3:10, 4:22, 5:7
- Ezekiel
- 41:4, 41:12, 45:3
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.