Ohfer vat ions &c. 281 



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

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

 belonging to It, through which Ehud efcaped after he had 

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

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

 drew himfelf to weep iox^hfalom\) and. That upon whofe 

 Terrace , y^haz, for the fame Reafon, erected his ' Altars, 

 feem to have been Strud:ures of the like Nature and Con- 

 trivance with thefe Olees. 



Befides, as each of thefe Places, which are called n'*?]; ox o\ct of the 

 0'"?^ ni the Hebrew Text, and ^^^ m the Arahck Ver fion, is " '^^ ^^??»''. 

 exprelTed by -ua^So* 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 ArahickN Qx{\on. 



And that -l^^o* denoteth fuch private Apartments as thefe Tm??or tke 

 (for Garrets, from the Flatnefs of the Roof, are Struauresfe^t/", 

 not known in thefe Climates) feems likewife probable from 

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

 \^avi where Mercury * carried on his Amours, and where Tene- 

 lope ', and the young Virgins g kept themfelves at a Diftance 

 from the SoUicitations of their Woers, appear to carry along 

 ■with them Circumftances of greater Privacy and Retirement, 

 than are confident with Chambers in any other Situation than 

 that of thefe 0/(?f^. Nay farther, that n'^r, s-^J^^ or 'C^Sm could 

 not barely fignify a fingle Chamber, Ctenaculum, or Dmmg- a»d mt a f7:. 

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

 Apartments, feems to appear from the Circumftance of the 



T y^ni Ehud, came unto him (Eglon) and he was fitting In a funimer Parlour, wh'ich he had 

 for bhnfelf alone — then Ehud went forth through the Porch. Judg. 3. 20—23. 2 And the King 

 ■u/a! much moved, and went up to the Chamber over the Gate and wept. 2 Sam. 18. 33. 

 3 And the /iltars that were on the Top of the upper Chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings ofjudah 

 had made. 2 Kings 23. 12. 4 Afts 9. ^6. y Afts 20. 8, 9. &c. 6 Kurm^ ^ nf u-in^a avu- 

 Cecf, Twps^s^stTO /v^3pM. Horn. II. "TT. 1. 184. 7 Oi i^ yx^ V Saui. fviYin^v' h) oim iauvi-m, u^' &b ^ 

 iiTi^aia (SBi' (/?cu'vH. Hom, OdyfT. 0. JI J-I<y. 8 "EnaJ^il 3 i^ tb iZv t/j" oixjm wap' Jftly ngJ^vfAfia, imfod, 

 •Ji'tt, is (pxiri KMdf^f h epanKOK, liui Lhimv ifeUKuv ir mintf ohiifiaai Tf-pofj^iiv, S'L^hm kirinyy^Snu vra^ 7m\- 

 hot{ af e| o35 fin yvfiJt\[j^«. Athen. Deip. 1. 2. C. 16. ^v tm, «f ■^•^ssS etvaQf, y^aipum 0/ itaKtuai 'in 

 yjaiiu^iy dvayini SttWfwi i}ivoyn <B(^s tt) yii aujjny')(ivH¥ \aJiui AvSpifff Jib 1/^ '« UlujiKi'TTv, iv OJluw fjf iiif- 

 §!(!ii yj^fj^Xi 7re/« a, tioih. Koi flfcistf/u jj, riyioi SihaiMoi •jniouMTtu raJ! tainv. ^m 3 i^ ott t* (Xtria^a T 01- 

 X/MlMTav, act KS'Kim 01 AtttuJkifjLoyioi. O^v x^aiov to olof ti-jriir, w^J4«?.oy. Euji. in 1. 184.//. w. p.I05'4. 

 ^riKdl Ji p^y ^ffOV 70 i/ft)/0)'. Tuiinf ^a^iiMif im^avs S'uKuS'ii, ? 7m.(^Yoif 0/ A^yuol iitiM, i'Tti^ n J\j- 

 gintAi^ns (wtvlsVi). Id. in 11. /3. 1. J14. p. 272. 



Bbbb Altars, 



