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Antiquity of
(
Genesis 39:20
)
KINDS OF, MENTIONED
State
(
Jeremiah 37:21; Genesis 39:20
)
Common
(
Acts 5:18
)
Dungeons attached to
(
Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11
)
Were under the care of a keeper
(
Genesis 39:21
)
USED FOR CONFINING
Persons accused of crimes
(
Luke 23:19
)
Persons accused of heresy
(
Acts 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
)
Suspected persons
(
Genesis 42:19
)
Condemned persons till executed
(
Leviticus 24:12; Acts 12:4,5
)
Enemies taken captive
(
Judges 16:21; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 52:11
)
Debtors till they paid
(
Matthew 5:26; 18:30
)
Persons under the king's displeasure
(
1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Mark 6:17
)
Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment
(
Ezra 7:26
)
Confinement in, considered a severe punishment
(
Luke 22:33
)
PLACES USED AS
Court of the king's house
(
Jeremiah 32:2
)
House of the king's scribe
(
Jeremiah 37:15
)
House of the captain of the guard
(
Genesis 40:3
)
Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier
(
Acts 28:16,30; 2 Timothy 1:16-18
)
The king had power to commit to
(
1 Kings 22:27
)
Magistrates had power to commit to
(
Matthew 5:25
)
PERSONS CONFINED IN
Said to be in ward
(
Leviticus 24:12
)
Said to be in hold
(
Acts 4:3
)
Often placed in dungeons
(
Jeremiah 39:6; Acts 16:24
)
Often bound with fetters
(
Genesis 42:19; Ezekiel 19:9; Mark 6:17
)
Often chained to two soldiers
(
Acts 12:6
)
Often fastened in stocks
(
Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 16:24
)
Often kept to hard labour
(
Judges 16:21
)
Often subjected to extreme suffering
(
Psalms 79:11; 102:20; 105:18
)
Fed on bread and water
(
1 Kings 22:27
)
Clothed in prison dress
(
2 Kings 25:29
)
Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
(
Matthew 11:2; 25:36; Acts 24:23
)
Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
(
Jeremiah 37:20,21
)
Often executed in
(
Genesis 40:22; Matthew 14:10
)
The king had power to release from
(
Genesis 40:21
)
Magistrates had power to release from
(
Acts 16:35,36
)
KEEPERS OF
Strictly guarded the doors
(
Acts 12:6
)
Responsible for the prisoners
(
Acts 16:23,27
)
Put to death if prisoners escaped
(
Acts 12:19
)
Often used severity
(
Jeremiah 37:16,20; Acts 16:24
)
Sometimes acted kindly
(
Genesis 39:21; Acts 16:33,34
)
Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to well-conducted prisoners
(
Genesis 39:22,23
)
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Deep afflictions
(
Psalms 142:7
)
Hell
(
Revelation 20:7
)
Bondage to sin and Satan
(
Isaiah 42:7; 49:9; 61:1
)
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