Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
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Gill's Exposition
Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month,.... The month Cisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December; and so was the midst of winter, and a proper time for the king…
Barnes' Notes
The winterhouse - A separate portion of the palace was used for residence according to the season (marginal reference). And there was a fire on the hearth ... - And the fire-pan burning before them.…
We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find,
I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be…
Cambridge Bible
in the winter house See on Jer 36:36. It was a cold and rainy time of the year (see Ezr 10:9). Amos (Jer 3:15) mentions both winter and summer houses. "In common parlance the lower apartments are…
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