Topic
Pulpit
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 8:4Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and…
- 2 Chronicles 6:13Nave General scriptures concerning
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread…
- 1 Esdras 9:42ISBE
And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
pool'-pit: Ne 8:4, "Ezra the scribe stood upon a mighdol of wood." Mighdol is one of the commonest words in the Old Testament and means simply a high object--here a scaffolding or platform (bema, 1 Esdras 9:42). "Tower" (so the Revised Version margin) gives an entirely wrong picture.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.