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 is saying, 'I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,' And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah 3:20
But -- a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Amos 3:15
And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah!