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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
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