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

David's palace on Mount Zion

1 Chronicles 14:1 See also 2 Samuel 5:6-11 pp 1 Chronicles 11:4-8; 2 Samuel 7:1-2 pp 1 Chronicles 17:1

Solomon's palace in Jerusalem

1 Kings 10:4-5 pp 2 Chronicles 9:3-4 See also 1 Kings 7:1-12; Kings 10:16-21 pp 2 Chronicles 9:15-20; 2 Chronicles 8:11

Gold and valuable items were stored in the palace in Jerusalem

1 Kings 15:18-19 pp 2 Chronicles 16:2-3 See also 1 Kings 14:25-26 pp 2 Chronicles 12:9; 2 Kings 12:17-18; Kings 14:13-14 pp 2 Chronicles 25:23-24; 2 Kings 16:7-8 pp 2 Chronicles 28:20-21; 2 Kings 18:14-15; Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 21:16-17; Jeremiah 27:18-22

The royal palace in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians

2 Kings 25:9 pp 2 Chronicles 36:19 pp Jeremiah 52:13 See also Jeremiah 22:1-6; Jeremiah 39:8

Other palaces

The kings of Israel had palaces in Samaria

1 Kings 21:1 See also 1 Kings 16:18; Kings 20:5-6,43; 2 Kings 15:25

Foreign palaces

Pharaoh's palace in Egypt:

Genesis 12:15; Genesis 41:40; Genesis 47:14; Exodus 8:3

The royal palace in Babylon:

Daniel 4:29-30; Daniel 5:5 Esther 1:9 King Xerxes' palace in Persia and Media

Summer palaces

Judges 3:20-21

Palaces in NT times

Matthew 26:3-4; John 18:28; Acts 23:35; Philippians 1:12-13

Features of palaces

Palace gardens

2 Kings 21:18 See also 2 Kings 21:25-26; Esther 1:5-6

The luxury of palaces

1 Kings 22:39 See also Numbers 22:18; Psalm 45:8-9; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 22:13-17; Matthew 11:8 pp Luke 7:25

Palaces were administered by royal officials

2 Kings 10:5 See also 1 Kings 4:6; Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 28:7; Isaiah 22:15

See also

4410  banquets
5254  citadel
5271  courtyard
5316  fortress
5366  king
5399  luxury
5487  queen
5591  treasure