House of Yahweh (biblical term)

This is an accepted version of this page "House of Yahweh" or "House of YHWH" (Hebrew: בֵּית יהוה Bēt YHWH) is a phrase found throughout the Hebrew Bible, and on at least one extrabiblical inscription.

Numerous "houses of (God)" are mentioned in the text of the Tanakh, and they did not always represent a physical structure – however, in the context of the "House of Yahweh", the phrase is primarily taken to refer to a temple dedicated to the worship of Yahweh.

One is located in Elephantine, Egypt; the other structure is a temple at Tel Arad.

The New Testament refers to the phrase "house of God" in Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21; and 1 Peter 4:17.

The incense altars and two "standing stones" may have been dedicated to Yahweh and Asherah.