Often made by the banks of rivers
[Num 24:6];
KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Herbs
[Deu 11:10]; [1Ki 21:2];
Cucumbers
[Isa 1:8];
Fruit trees
[Ecc 2:5]; [Ecc 2:6];
Spices, &c
[Son 4:16]; [Son 6:2];
Often enclosed
[Son 4:12];
Often refreshed by fountains
[Son 4:15];
Taken care of by gardeners
[Joh 20:15];
Lodges erected in
[Isa 1:8];
OFTEN USED FOR
Entertainments
[Son 5:1];
Retirement
[Joh 18:1];
Burial places
[2Ki 21:18]; [2Ki 21:26]; [Joh 19:41];
Idolatrous worship
[Isa 1:29]; [Isa 65:3];
Blasting of, a punishment
[Amo 4:9];
Jews ordered to plant, in Babylon
[Jer 29:5]; [Jer 29:28];
OF EDEN
Planted by the Lord
[Gen 2:8];
Called the garden of the Lord
[Gen 13:10];
Called the garden of God
[Eze 28:13];
Had every tree good for food
[Gen 2:9];
Watered by a river
[Gen 2:10]-14;
Man placed in, to dress and keep
[Gen 2:8]; [Gen 2:15];
Man driven from, after the fall
[Gen 3:23]; [Gen 3:24];
Fertility of Canaan like
[Gen 13:10]; [Joe 2:3];
The future state of the Jews shall be like
[Isa 51:3]; [Eze 36:35];
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the church
[Son 5:1]; [Son 6:2]; [Son 6:11];
(Enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
[Son 4:12];
(Well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church
[Isa 58:11]; [Jer 31:12];
(When dried up,) of the wicked
[Isa 1:30];