FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

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

- Antiquity of

Ge 39:20

- KINDS OF, MENTIONED

. State

Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20

. Common

Ac 5:18

- Dungeons attached to

Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11

- Were under the care of a keeper

Ge 39:21

- USED FOR CONFINING

. Persons accused of crimes

Lu 23:19

. Persons accused of heresy

Ac 4:3; 5:18; 8:3

. Suspected persons

Ge 42:19

. Condemned persons till executed

Le 24:12; Ac 12:4,5

. Enemies taken captive

Jud 16:21; 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11

. Debtors till they paid

Mt 5:26; 18:30

. Persons under the king's displeasure

1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17

- Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment

Ezr 7:26

- Confinement in, considered a severe punishment

Lu 22:33

- PLACES USED AS

. Court of the king's house

Jer 32:2

. House of the king's scribe

Jer 37:15

. House of the captain of the guard

Ge 40:3

. Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier

Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18

- The king had power to commit to

1Ki 22:27

- Magistrates had power to commit to

Mt 5:25

- PERSONS CONFINED IN

. Said to be in ward

Le 24:12

. Said to be in hold

Ac 4:3

. Often placed in dungeons

Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24

. Often bound with fetters

Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mr 6:17

. Often chained to two soldiers

Ac 12:6

. Often fastened in stocks

Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24

. Often kept to hard labour

Jud 16:21

. Often subjected to extreme suffering

Ps 79:11; 102:20; 105:18

. Fed on bread and water

1Ki 22:27

. Clothed in prison dress

2Ki 25:29

. Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends

Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23

. Might have their condition ameliorated by the king

Jer 37:20,21

. Often executed in

Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10

- The king had power to release from

Ge 40:21

- Magistrates had power to release from

Ac 16:35,36

- KEEPERS OF

. Strictly guarded the doors

Ac 12:6

. Responsible for the prisoners

Ac 16:23,27

. Put to death if prisoners escaped

Ac 12:19

. Often used severity

Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24

. Sometimes acted kindly

Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34

. Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to

well-conducted prisoners

Ge 39:22,23

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF

. Deep afflictions

Ps 142:7

. Hell

Re 20:7

. Bondage to sin and Satan

Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1