PALACES

PALACES

1. Jerusalem celebrated for # Ps 48:3,13
2. THE TERM APPLIED TO 2a) Residences of kings

   # Da 4:4 6:18

2b) Houses of great men # Am 3:9 Mic 5:5 2c) The temple of God # 1Ch 29:1,19 2d) The house of the high priest # Mt 26:58 3) DESCRIBED AS 3a) High # Ps 78:69 3b) Polished # Ps 144:12 3c) Pleasant # Isa 13:22 4) OF KINGS 4a) Called the king’s house # 2Ki 25:9 2Ch 7:11 4b) Called the house of the kingdom # 2Ch 2:1,12 4c) Called the king’s palace # Es 1:5 4d) Called the royal house # Es 1:9 4e) Splendidly furnished # Es 1:6 4f) Surrounded with gardens # Es 1:5 4g) Surrounded with terraces # 2Ch 9:11 4h) Under governors # 1Ki 4:6 Ne 7:2 4i) Often attended by eunuchs as servants # 2Ki 20:18 Da 1:3,4 4j) Were strictly guarded # 2Ki 11:5 4k) Afforded support to all the King’s retainers # Ezr 4:14 Da 1:5 4l) Royal decrees issued from # Es 3:15 8:14  4m) Royal decrees laid up in # Ezr 6:2 4n) Contained treasures of the king # 1Ki 15:18 2Ch 12:9 25:24 4o) Gorgeous apparel suited to, alone # Lu 7:25 5) Were entered by gates # Ne 2:8 6) Often the storehouses of rapine # Am 3:10 7) OFTEN AS PUNISHMENT 7a) Spoiled # Am 3:11 7b) Forsaken # Isa 32:14 7c) Desolate # Ps 69:25 Eze 19:7 7d) Scenes of bloodshed # Jer 9:21 7e) Burned with fire # 2Ch 36:19 Jer 17:27 7f) Overgrown with thorns, &c # Isa 34:13 7g) The habitation of dragons, &c # Isa 13:22 8) The spider makes its way even into # Pr 30:28 9) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 9a) The splendour of the church # So 8:9 9b) The godly children of saints # Ps 144:12 9c) The place of Satan’s dominion # Lu 11:21