FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- 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