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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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the covert: There are a great number of conjectures concerning this covert; but it is probable that it was either, as Locke supposes, a sort of shelter or canopy erected for the people on the sabbath when the crowd was too great for the porch to contain them; or, as Dr. Geddes supposes, a seat, covered with a canopy, placed on an elevation, for the king and his court, when they attended public worship. Kg2 11:5; Kg1 10:5; Eze 46:2 4 Kings (2 Kings) 16:19
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