And his house where he dwelt,.... Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided:[had] another court within the porch, which [was] of the like work; a court between that and the porch, called the inner court, 2Ki 20:4.
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1 Kings 7:8
1 Kings 7:8
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