Fortified, luxurious residences for kings. They normally served as the seat and symbol of royal authority.

1 Chronicles 14:1

David's palace on Mount Zion

See also

2 Samuel 5:6-11
2 Samuel 7:1-2

pp 1Ch 11:4-8

pp 1Ch 17:1

1 Kings 10:4-5

Solomon's palace in Jerusalem

See also

1 Kings 7:1-12; 10:16-21

pp 2Ch 9:3-4

2 Chronicles 8:11

pp 2Ch 9:15-20

1 Kings 15:18-19

Gold and valuable items were stored in the palace in Jerusalem

See also

1 Kings 14:25-26

pp 2Ch 16:2-3

2 Kings 12:17-18; 14:13-14

pp 2Ch 12:9

2 Kings 16:7-8

pp 2Ch 25:23-24

2 Kings 18:14-15; 24:13
2 Chronicles 21:16-17

pp 2Ch 28:20-21

Jeremiah 27:18-22
2 Kings 25:9

The royal palace in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians

See also

pp 2Ch 36:19

Jeremiah 22:1-6; 39:8

pp Jer 52:13

1 Kings 21:1

Other palaces

See also

The kings of Israel had palaces in Samaria

1 Kings 16:18; 20:5-6,43
2 Kings 15:25
Genesis 12:15; 41:40; 47:14

Foreign palaces

Exodus 8:3

Pharaoh's palace in Egypt:

Daniel 4:29-30; 5:5
Esther 1:9

The royal palace in Babylon:

Judges 3:20-21

King Xerxes' palace in Persia and Media

Summer palaces

Matthew 26:3-4

Palaces in NT times

John 18:28
Acts 23:35
Philippians 1:12-13
2 Kings 21:18

Features of palaces

See also

Palace gardens

2 Kings 21:25-26
Esther 1:5-6
1 Kings 22:39

The luxury of palaces

See also

Numbers 22:18
Psalms 45:8-9
Isaiah 13:22
Jeremiah 22:13-17
Matthew 11:8

pp Lk 7:25

2 Kings 10:5

Palaces were administered by royal officials

See also

1 Kings 4:6; 18:3
2 Kings 15:5
2 Chronicles 28:7
Isaiah 22:15

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