Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
The winter
The summer
The houses
The great
General references
Bible References
The winter
Jeremiah 36:22
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning in front of him.
The summer
Judges 3:20
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his room upstairs where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a word from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.
The houses
1 Kings 22:39
The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, including the ivory palace he built, and all the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
The great
Amos 3:11
Therefore, the Lord God says:
An enemy will surround the land;
he will destroy your strongholds
and plunder your citadels.
he will destroy
and plunder your citadels.
Amos 6:11
For the Lord commands:
The large house will be smashed to pieces,
and the small house to rubble.
and the small house to rubble.
Isaiah 5:9
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
Indeed, many houses will become desolate,
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
General references
Isaiah 17:9 On that day their strong cities will be
like the abandoned woods and mountaintops
that were abandoned because of the Israelites;
there will be desolation.
like the abandoned woods and mountaintops
that were abandoned because of the Israelites;
there will be desolation.