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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Jeremiah 36:22

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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A warm apartment suited to the season of the year (December, when snow is often upon the ground in Palestine), in which was a pan or brazier (ach or ikhkh as it is pronounced in Arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from Bp. Pococke, and Dr. Russel, that this was the mode in which the Orientals warmed their apartments. Jer 22:14-16, Jer 3:20; Amo 3:15 Jeremiah 36:23
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