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Dwellings: The materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also
stones
(Leviticus 14:40,42) which were held together by cement
(Jeremiah 43:9) or
bitumen
(Genesis 11:3) The exterior was usually whitewashed
(Leviticus 14:41)
(Ezekiel 13:10; Matthew 23:27) The beams were of sycamore
(Isaiah 9:10) or
olive-wood, or cedar
(1 Kings 7:2; Isaiah 9:10) The form of Eastern dwellings
differed in many respects from that of dwellings in Western lands.
The larger houses were built in a quadrangle enclosing a court-yard
(Luke 5:19; 2 Samuel 17:18; Nehemiah 8:16) surrounded by galleries, which formed the
guest-chamber or reception-room for visitors. The flat roof,
surrounded by a low parapet, was used for many domestic and social
purposes. It was reached by steps from the court. In connection with
it
(2 Kings 23:12) was an upper room, used as a private chamber
(2 Samuel 18:33; Daniel 6:11) also as a bedroom
(2 Kings 23:12) a sleeping
apartment for guests
(2 Kings 4:10) and as a sick-chamber
(1 Kings 17:19)
The doors, sometimes of stone, swung on morticed pivots, and were
generally fastened by wooden bolts. The houses of the more wealthy
had a doorkeeper or a female porter
(John 18:16; Acts 12:13) The
windows generally opened into the courtyard, and were closed by a
lattice
(Judges 5:28) The interior rooms were set apart for the
female portion of the household. The furniture of the room
(2 Kings 4:10)
consisted of a couch furnished with pillows
(Amos 6:4; Ezekiel 13:20) and
besides this, chairs, a table and lanterns or lamp-stands
(2 Kings 4:10)
