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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 16:27 — Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
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"""Samson, therefore,"" says Dr. Shaw, ""must have been in a court or area below; and consequently the temple will be of the same kind with the ancient, [temene] or sacred enclosures, which were only surrounded either in part, or on all sides, with some plain or cloistered buildings. Several palaces, doutwanas, (as the courts of justice are called in those countries) are built in this fashion. On their public festivals and rejoicings, the roofs of these cloisters are crowded with spectators. I have often seen numbers of people diverted in this manner on the roof of the dey's palace at Algiers; which, like many others, has an advanced cloister, over against the gate of the palace, like a long pent-house, supported by one or two contiguous pillars in front, or centre.""" |
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Jdg 9:51; Deu 22:8; Jos 2:8; 2Sa 11:2 |
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Jdg 9:51 |
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. |
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Deu 22:8 |
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. |
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Jos 2:8 |
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; |
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2Sa 11:2 |
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 16:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/16/27.html>.
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