* and there.
"Samson, therefore," says Dr. Shaw, "must have been in a court
or area below; and consequently the temple will be of the same
kind with the ancient, [temene,] or sacred enclosures, which
were only surrounded either in part, or on all sides, with
some plain or cloistered buildings. Several palaces,
{doutwanas,} (as the courts of justice are called in those
countries) are built in this fashion. On their public
festivals and rejoicings, the roofs of these cloisters are
crowded with spectators. I have often seen numbers of people
diverted in this manner on the roof of the dey's palace at
Algiers; which, like many others, has an advanced cloister,
over against the gate of the palace, like a long pent-house,
supported by one or two contiguous pillars in front, or
centre."
* the roof.
9:51 De 22:8 Jos 2:8 2Sa 11:2
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