Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (december, when snow is often upon the ground in palestine,) in which was a pan or brazier (ach, or ikhkh, as it is pronounced in arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from bp

Bible References

A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (december, when snow is often upon the ground in palestine,) in which was a pan or brazier (ach, or ikhkh, as it is pronounced in arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from bp

Jeremiah 22:14
who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah 3:20
However, as a woman may betray her lover,
so you have betrayed Me, house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Amos 3:15
I will demolish the winter house
and the summer house;
the houses inlaid with ivory will be destroyed,
and the great houses will come to an end.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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