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319. Pavilions

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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1 Kings 20:16¹⁶And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. (1 Kings 20:16). But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

It is not necessary to associate any idea of splendor with these “pavilions.” They were merely booths, (succoth,) as the word is rendered in Genesis 33:17¹⁷And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. (Genesis 33:17); Job 27:18¹⁸He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. (Job 27:18); Jonah 4:5⁵So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. (Jonah 4:5). In Isaiah 1:8⁸And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. (Isaiah 1:8), the same word is translated “lodge”; in Amos 9:11¹¹In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11) it is “tabernacle.” Such “pavilions” were nothing but temporary structures of boughs erected to keep off the heat, and even kings were not ashamed to make use of them. It is said that such are still erected for Turkish pashas while on warlike expeditions.

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• 304. Ashtoreth Milcom

• 305. Cracknels

• 306. A Monstrous Idol

• 307. Sticks for Fuel

• 308. The Meal Jar

• 309. The Habits of a Heathen God

• 310. Lacerations in Idol Worship

• 311. Hour of Evening Sacrifice

• 312. The Sound of Rain

• 313. The Face Between the Knees

• 314. Girdle Running Footmen

• 315. Day's Journey

• 316. Covering the Face

• 317. Plowing

• 318. Military Girdles

• 319. Pavilions

• 320. Gods for Hills and Valleys

• 321. Token of Abasement

• 322. Sale of Patrimony

• 324. The Fly God

• 325. The Divan

• 326. Schools of the Prophets

• 327. The Cruse

• 328. Baldness

• 329. Washing Hands