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From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: H By: James P. Boyd

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(cover). Prevailing Oriental style, low, flat roofed, with court in center. A tent, palace, citadel, tomb, family (Gen. 12:17¹⁷And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. (Genesis 12:17)); property (1 Kings 13:8⁸And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: (1 Kings 13:8)); lineage (Luke 2:4⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) (Luke 2:4)); place of worship (Judg. 20:18¹⁸And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first. (Judges 20:18)).

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