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in his Devotions :) The Summer Chamber oi Eglon ', (which, in 

 the fame Manner with Thefe, feems to have had Privy-Stairs 

 belonging to It, through which Ebud efcaped after he had 

 revenged Ifrael upon That King of Moab :) The Chamber over 

 theGate', (whither, for the greater Privacy, King 2)^zi;i<^ with- 

 drew himfelf to weep ϊοχ ^hfalom-,) and. That upon whofe 

 Terrace , Ahaz, for the fame Reafon, ereoled his ' Altars, 

 feem to have been Structures of the like Nature and Con- 

 trivance with thefe Olees. 



Befides, as each of thefe Places, which are called n»•?;; Qxox^tofthe 

 rhv in the Hebrew Text, and ^<>^^ in the Arah'ich Verfion, x^'JthlS^^y. 

 expreifed by -vl^ao» in the lxxii ; it may be prefumed, that the 

 fame Word, where It occurs in the N. T. implieth the fame 

 Thing. The upper Chamber therefore, where Tahitha was laid 

 after her Death*, and where Eutychus' fell down from the 

 third Loft, befides other Inftances, may be taken for fo many 

 of thefe Olees, as they are indeed called in the y^rahichY Qnion. 



And that vs^So» denoteth fuch private Apartments as thefe rm^v» t^^ 

 (for Garrets, from the Flatnefs of the Roof, are Struauresfc^S/f, 

 not known in thefe Climates) feems likewife probable from 

 the Ufe of the Word among the ClalTick Authors. For the 

 x^MH^hQTQ Mercury'^ carried on his Amours, and where Ρ^Λ/έ"- 

 lope \ and the young Virgins g kept themfelves at a Diftance 

 from the Sollicitations of their Woers, appear to carry along 

 with them Circumftances of greater Privacy and Retirement, 

 than are confiftent with Chambers in any other Situation than 

 that of thefe Olees. Nay farther, that π''?^, ^<X^ or -Csj^Soy could 

 not barely fignify a fingle Chamber, Ctenaculum, or Ommg- md not a p,. 

 Room, but one of thefe contiguous Houfes, divided into feveral^^' ^^'""^''' 

 Apartments, feems to appear from the Circumftance of the 



I /ind Ebud came unto him {Eglon) ana he was fitting in a fummer F.irlour, which he had 

 for himfelf alone — then Ehud went forth through the Porch. Judg. 3. 20—23. " ■^*^'^ '^'^ ^"^S 

 was much 7Hoved, and went up to the Chamber over the Gate and wept. 2 Sam. 18. 33. 

 3 And the altars that were on the Top of the upper Chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings ofjndah 

 had made. 2 Kings 23. 12. 4 Ads 9. ^6. y Ads 20. 8, 9. &c. 6 Mvi& ^ «V ύ-τίξω dva- 

 ζίτ, τΓκρίλέξκτΐ λά^ρκ. Horn. II. rr. 1. 184. 7 Ou /j^ }af τι duiM /anfwpe•' iyi οίαφ <tcuvi-mj, ά^λ' ώϊ Ί^ 

 ίτίρω/ω ΊΐΌν ifaivH. Hom. Odyff. 0. yiy-I(i. 8 Ε^^λκι» 3 >^ 7« iZv ^ όΙκιων OTp' i(Z]/ y^K\ii)%<t ιίτηραοτ. 

 Λα, ώ; ^m) ΚλίΛρρ^ί h ίρωπκοΓί, τώβ ΕλΙΐΊ)/ φάβκωι/ ίψ τνιίηΐ! οΐκίιμασι σίφ/^χγ, ^ίζον i'lrinyy^^j ττα^ ττιλ- 

 λοκ if (ξ ων ^» ytifx/ApM. Athen. Deip. 1. 2. C. 16. Έν j iJ, «V Jts^S iyaCa.!^ yfapmv o'l -mt^eua] ov 

 yuKuitf άνα-μοι θαλάμι ijivovTO <aOf li μη muiuy/inM \<iii\as hSfin• iii i^'» nbjjiho^n, iy OJhastia hV J^ip- 

 Sor ;(£tS«,aV») "Jniii λ wuiti. Καϊ Ώαάμω ^, riyioi ^ίλοΐμοι mioiwTa^ τάΐί irnni. φαΰΐ 'j ^ 077 ίλ μίτ'ίωξα τ »/- 

 Κ^μά,ταν, ua. yjj.Ktm ο) ^a.ιuS^μayιoί. O^r \a^aoy το o'ior tirrtir, \ί^ό4>ιΚον. Euft. in 1. 184.J/. ■5r. P.IOJ4. 

 ΔιιλοΓ Λ ψιβ\ν x^aiov 70 iK^yay. jviinf ■$ ^α)Λμκ( vm%u>vi iuKaS'ti, τ Tntf^voti 5/ Afyuot ίτπκΌν, C'j^ η J)j. 

 nvTt^jATSf (M-msVi). Id. in 7/. /3. 1. yj^. p, 272. 



Bbbb Altars, 



