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Palaces

Jerusalem celebrated for—Ps 48:3,13

THE TERM APPLIED TO

• Residences of kings
• —Da 4:4; 6:18
• Houses of great men
• —Am 3:9; Mic 5:5
• The temple of God
• —1Ch 29:1,19
• The house of the high priest
• —Mt 26:58

DESCRIBED AS

• High
• —Ps 78:69
• Polished
• —Ps 144:12
• Pleasant
• —Isa 13:22

OF KINGS

• Called the king's house
• —2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 7:11
• Called the house of the kingdom
• —2Ch 2:1,12
• Called the king's palace
• —Es 1:5
• Called the royal house
• —Es 1:9
• Splendidly furnished
• —Es 1:6
• Surrounded with gardens
• —Es 1:5
• Surrounded with terraces
• —2Ch 9:11
• Under governors
• —1Ki 4:6; Ne 7:2
• Often attended by eunuchs as servants
• —2Ki 20:18; Da 1:3,4
• Were strictly guarded
• —2Ki 11:5
• Afforded support to all the King's retainers
• —Ezr 4:14; Da 1:5
• Royal decrees issued from
• —Es 3:15; 8:14
• Royal decrees laid up in
• —Ezr 6:2
• Contained treasures of the king
• —1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 12:9; 25:24
• Gorgeous apparel suited to, alone
• —Lu 7:25

Were entered by gates—Ne 2:8

Often the storehouses of rapine—Am 3:10

OFTEN AS PUNISHMENT

• Spoiled
• —Am 3:11
• Forsaken
• —Isa 32:14
• Desolate
• —Ps 69:25; Eze 19:7
• Scenes of bloodshed
• —Jer 9:21
• Burned with fire
• —2Ch 36:19; Jer 17:27
• Overgrown with thorns, &c
• —Isa 34:13
• The habitation of dragons, &c
• —Isa 13:22

The spider makes its way even into—Pr 30:28

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• The splendour of the church
• —So 8:9
• The godly children of saints
• —Ps 144:12
• The place of Satan's dominion
• —Lu 11:21