Jeremiah 36:22 (KJV)

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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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A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (December, when snow is often upon the ground in Palestine,) in which was a pan or brazier ({ach,} or {ikhkh,} as it is pronounced in Arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from Bp. Pococke, and Dr. Russel, that this was the mode in which the Orientals warmed their apartments. Jer 22:14-16 Jer 3:20 Am 3:15

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