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Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Houses'". "The New Topical Text Book".. 1897.
- Antiquity of
Genesis 12:1 ; 19:3 - Deep and solid foundations required for
Matthew 7:24 ; Luke 6:48 - Sometimes built without foundation
Matthew 7:26 ; Luke 6:49 - BUILT OF
- Clay
Job 4:19
- Bricks
Exodus 1:11-14 ; Isaiah 9:10
- Stone and wood
Leviticus 14:40 Leviticus 14:42 ; Habakkuk 2:11
- Hewn or cut stone
Isaiah 9:10 ; Amos 5:11
- Clay
- In cities, built in streets
Genesis 19:2 ; Joshua 2:19 - Often built on city walls
Joshua 2:15 ; 2 Corinthians 11:33 - THE FLAT ROOFS OF
- Surrounded with battlements
Deuteronomy 22:8
- Had often booths on them
2 Samuel 16:22 ; Nehemiah 8:16 ; Proverbs 2:19
- Had often idolatrous altars on them
2 Kings 23:12 ; Jeremiah 19:13 ; Zephaniah 1:5
- Used for drying flax
Joshua 2:6
- Used for exercise
2 Samuel 11:2 ; Daniel 4:29
- Used for devotion
Acts 10:9
- Used for making proclamations
Luke 12:3
- Used for secret conference
1 Samuel 9:25 1 Samuel 9:26
- Resorted to in grief
Isaiah 15:3 ; Jeremiah 48:38
- Often covered with week grass
Psalms 129:6 Psalms 129:7
- Surrounded with battlements
- Accessible from the outside
Matthew 24:17 - The courts of, large and used as apartments
Esther 1:5 ; Luke 5:19 - Entered by a gate or door
Genesis 43:19 ; Exodus 12:22 ; Luke 16:20 ; Acts 10:17 - Doors of, low and small for safety
Proverbs 17:19 - Doors of, how fastened
2 Samuel 13:18 ; Solomon 5:5 ; Luke 11:7 - Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
Acts 12:13 ; Revelation 3:20 - Walls of, plastered
Leviticus 14:42 Leviticus 14:43 - Serpents often lodged in walls of
Amos 5:19 - Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
Ecclesiastes 12:11 ; Isaiah 22:23 - Had often several stories
Ezekiel 41:16 ; Acts 20:9 - Divided into apartments
Genesis 43:30 ; Isaiah 26:20 - APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN
- Large and airy
Jeremiah 22:14
- Ceiled and painted
Jeremiah 22:14 ; Haggai 1:4
- Inlaid with ivory
1 Kings 22:39 ; Amos 3:15
- Hung with rich tapestries
Esther 1:6
- Warmed with fires
Jeremiah 36:22 ; John 18:18
- Large and airy
- Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments
Mark 14:15 - Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
Judges 3:20-23 ; 2 Kings 4:10 2 Kings 4:11 ; 2 Kings 9:2 2 Kings 9:3 - Lighted by windows
1 Kings 7:4 - Street windows of, high and dangerous
2 Kings 1:2 ; 2 Kings 9:30 2 Kings 9:33 ; Acts 20:9 - OF THE RICH
- Great
Isaiah 5:9 ; Amos 6:11 ; 2 Timothy 2:20
- Goodly
Deuteronomy 8:12
- Pleasant
Ezekiel 26:12 ; Micah 2:9
- Great
- OF BRICK OR CLAY
- Plastered
Ezekiel 13:10 Ezekiel 13:11
- Easily broken through
Job 24:16 ; Ezekiel 12:5
- Often swept away by torrents
Ezekiel 13:13 Ezekiel 13:14
- Plastered
- When finished were usually dedicated
Deuteronomy 20:5 ; Psalms 30:1 - For summer residence
Amos 3:15 - Liable to leprosy
Leviticus 14:34-53 - Not to be coveted
Exodus 20:17 ; Micah 2:2 - Were hired
Acts 28:30 - Were mortgaged
Nehemiah 5:3 - Were sold
Acts 4:34 - Law respecting the sale of
Leviticus 25:29-33 - Of criminals, desolated
Daniel 2:5 ; 3:29 - Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Isaiah 5:9 ; Isaiah 13:16 Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 13:22 ; Ezekiel 16:41 ; 26:12 - Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges
Isaiah 22:10 - ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the body
Job 4:19 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- Of the grave
Job 30:23
- Of the church
Hebrews 3:6 ; 1 Peter 2:5
- Of saints inheritance
John 14:2 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites
Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:25
- (On a rock,) of the hope of saints
Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:25
- (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
Matthew 6:19 Matthew 6:20
- (Building of,) of great prosperity
Isaiah 65:21 ; Ezekiel 28:26
- (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
Deuteronomy 28:30 ; Amos 5:11 ; Zephaniah 1:13
- (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings
Deuteronomy 6:10 Deuteronomy 6:11
- Of the body
Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Houses'". "The New Topical Text Book".