Gardens: Mentioned in Scripture,1. Of Eden
(Genesis 2:8,9)
2. Ahab's garden of herbs
(1 Kings 21:2)
3. The royal garden
(2 Kings 21:18)
4. The royal garden at Susa
(Esther 1:5)
5. The garden of Joseph of Arimathea
(John 19:41)
6. Of Gethsemane
(John 18:1)
7. The "king's garden" mentioned
(2 Kings 25:4; Nehemiah 3:15) was near the
Pool of Siloam.
Gardens were surrounded by hedges of thorns
(Isaiah 5:5) or by walls of
stone
(Proverbs 24:31) "Watch-towers" or "lodges" were also built in them
(Isaiah 1:8; Mark 12:1) in which their keepers sat. On account of their
retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer and
communion with God
(Genesis 24:63; Matthew 26:30-36; John 1:48; 18:1,2) The dead
were sometimes buried in gardens
(Genesis 23:19,20; 2 Kings 21:18,26; 1 Samuel 25:1)
(Mark 15:46; John 19:41)
(See PARADISE)
