HOUSES: - Antiquity of Ge 12:1; 19:3 - Deep and solid foundations required for Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48 - Sometimes built without foundation Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49 - BUILT OF . Clay Job 4:19 . Bricks Ex 1:11-14; Isa 9:10 . Stone and wood Le 14:40,42; Hab 2:11 . Hewn or cut stone Isa 9:10; Am 5:11 - In cities, built in streets Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19 - Often built on city walls Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33 - THE FLAT ROOFS OF . Surrounded with battlements De 22:8 . Had often booths on them 2Sa 16:22; Ne 8:16; Pr 2:19 . Had often idolatrous altars on them 2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5 . Used for drying flax Jos 2:6 . Used for exercise 2Sa 11:2; Da 4:29 . Used for devotion Ac 10:9 . Used for making proclamations Lu 12:3 . Used for secret conference 1Sa 9:25,26 . Resorted to in grief Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38 . Often covered with week grass Ps 129:6,7 - Accessible from the outside Mt 24:17 - The courts of, large and used as apartments Es 1:5; Lu 5:19 - Entered by a gate or door Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17 - Doors of, low and small for safety Pr 17:19 - Doors of, how fastened 2Sa 13:18; So 5:5; Lu 11:7 - Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Ac 12:13; Re 3:20 - Walls of, plastered Le 14:42,43 - Serpents often lodged in walls of Am 5:19 - Custom of fastening nails, Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23 - Had often several stories Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9 - Divided into apartments Ge 43:30; Isa 26:20 - APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN . Large and airy Jer 22:14 . Ceiled and painted Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4 . Inlaid with ivory 1Ki 22:39; Am 3:15 . Hung with rich tapestries Es 1:6 . Warmed with fires Jer 36:22; Joh 18:18 - Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments Mr 14:15 - Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Jud 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3 - Lighted by windows 1Ki 7:4 - Street windows of,
high and dangerous 2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Ac 20:9 - OF THE RICH . Great Isa 5:9; Am 6:11; 2Ti 2:20 . Goodly De 8:12 . Pleasant Eze 26:12; Mic 2:9 - OF BRICK OR CLAY . Plastered Eze 13:10,11 . Easily broken through Job 24:16; Eze 12:5 . Often swept away by torrents Eze 13:13,14 - When finished were usually dedicated De 20:5; Ps 30:1 - For summer residence Am 3:15 - Liable to leprosy Le 14:34-53 - Not to be coveted Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2 - Were hired Ac 28:30 - Were mortgaged Ne 5:3 - Were sold Ac 4:34 - Law respecting the sale of Le 25:29-33 - Of criminals, desolated Da 2:5; 3:29 - Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12 - Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges Isa 22:10 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of the body Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1 . Of the grave Job 30:23 . Of the church Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5 . Of saints' inheritance Joh 14:2; 2Co 5:1 . (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites Mt 7:24,25 . (On a rock,) of the hope of saints Mt 7:24,25 . (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust Mt 6:19,20 . (Building of,) of great prosperity Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26 . (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity De 28:30; Am 5:11; Zep 1:13 . (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings De 6:10,11