Antiquity of
[Gen 12:1]; [Gen 19:3];
Deep and solid foundations required for
[Mat 7:24]; [Luk 6:48];
Sometimes built without foundation
[Mat 7:26]; [Luk 6:49];
BUILT OF
Clay
[Job 4:19];
Bricks
[Exo 1:11]-14; [Isa 9:10];
Stone and wood
[Lev 14:40]; [Lev 14:42]; [Hab 2:11];
Hewn or cut stone
[Isa 9:10]; [Amo 5:11];
In cities, built in streets
[Gen 19:2]; [Jos 2:19];
Often built on city walls
[Jos 2:15]; [2Co 11:33];
THE FLAT ROOFS OF
Surrounded with battlements
[Deu 22:8];
Had often booths on them
[2Sa 16:22]; [Neh 8:16]; [Pro 2:19];
Had often idolatrous altars on them
[2Ki 23:12]; [Jer 19:13]; [Zep 1:5];
Used for drying flax
[Jos 2:6];
Used for exercise
[2Sa 11:2]; [Dan 4:29];
Used for devotion
[Act 10:9];
Used for making proclamations
[Luk 12:3];
Used for secret conference
[1Sa 9:25]; [1Sa 9:26];
Resorted to in grief
[Isa 15:3]; [Jer 48:38];
Often covered with week grass
[Psa 129:6]; [Psa 129:7];
Accessible from the outside
[Mat 24:17];
The courts of, large and used as apartments
[Est 1:5]; [Luk 5:19];
Entered by a gate or door
[Gen 43:19]; [Exo 12:22]; [Luk 16:20]; [Act 10:17];
Doors of, low and small for safety
[Pro 17:19];
Doors of, how fastened
[2Sa 13:18]; [Son 5:5]; [Luk 11:7];
Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
[Act 12:13]; [Rev 3:20];
Walls of, plastered
[Lev 14:42]; [Lev 14:43];
Serpents often lodged in walls of
[Amo 5:19];
Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
[Ecc 12:11]; [Isa 22:23];
Had often several stories
[Eze 41:16]; [Act 20:9];
Divided into apartments
[Gen 43:30]; [Isa 26:20];
APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN
Large and airy
[Jer 22:14];
Ceiled and painted
[Jer 22:14]; [Hag 1:4];
Inlaid with ivory
[1Ki 22:39]; [Amo 3:15];
Hung with rich tapestries
[Est 1:6];
Warmed with fires
[Jer 36:22]; [Joh 18:18];
Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments
[Mar 14:15];
Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
[Jdg 3:20]-23; [2Ki 4:10]; [2Ki 4:11]; [2Ki 9:2]; [2Ki 9:3];
Lighted by windows
[1Ki 7:4];
Street windows of, high and dangerous
[2Ki 1:2]; [2Ki 9:30]; [2Ki 9:33]; [Act 20:9];
OF THE RICH
Great
[Isa 5:9]; [Amo 6:11]; [2Ti 2:20];
Goodly
[Deu 8:12];
Pleasant
[Eze 26:12]; [Mic 2:9];
OF BRICK OR CLAY
Plastered
[Eze 13:10]; [Eze 13:11];
Easily broken through
[Job 24:16]; [Eze 12:5];
Often swept away by torrents
[Eze 13:13]; [Eze 13:14];
When finished were usually dedicated
[Deu 20:5]; [Psa 30:1];
For summer residence
[Amo 3:15];
Liable to leprosy
Lev. 14:34-53;
Not to be coveted
[Exo 20:17]; [Mic 2:2];
Were hired
[Act 28:30];
Were mortgaged
[Neh 5:3];
Were sold
[Act 4:34];
Law respecting the sale of
[Lev 25:29]-33;
Of criminals, desolated
[Dan 2:5]; [Dan 3:29];
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
[Isa 5:9]; [Isa 13:16]; [Isa 13:21]; [Isa 13:22]; [Eze 16:41]; [Eze 26:12];
Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges
[Isa 22:10];
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the body
[Job 4:19]; [2Co 5:1];
Of the grave
[Job 30:23];
Of the church
[Heb 3:6]; [1Pe 2:5];
Of saints' inheritance
[Joh 14:2]; [2Co 5:1];
(On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites
[Mat 7:24]; [Mat 7:25];
(On a rock,) of the hope of saints
[Mat 7:24]; [Mat 7:25];
(Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
[Mat 6:19]; [Mat 6:20];
(Building of,) of great prosperity
[Isa 65:21]; [Eze 28:26];
(Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
[Deu 28:30]; [Amo 5:11]; [Zep 1:13];
(To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings
[Deu 6:10]; [Deu 6:11];