NarrowHighway

A card from a free library — ask anything, no account, works offline. Every card carries its source.

Easton: Ceiling

easton concept a d

The covering (1 Kings 7:3, 7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon’s palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5, 9.

source
Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) · Ceiling ↗
card id
card_n_39146bae3d3d

related in the keeping ↗ · raw JSON ↗

adjoining cards

Is this card incomplete? Tell the library — it will call out for more ↗