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courts

Meaning of “courts”

1. Enclosed yards. 2. Royal residences or attendants. 3. Places where judgment is given.

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25 occurrences24 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 21:5

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1 Chronicles 23:28
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 23:28 · retained source text

Because their office was to wait on the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the worke of the seruice of the house of God:

1611 marginal noteHeb. their station was at the hand of the sonnes of Aaron.

1 Chronicles 28:6
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 28:6 · retained source text

And he said vnto me, Solomon thy sonne, hee shall build my house and my courts: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 7.13. 2.chro. 1.9.

1 Chronicles 28:12
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 28:12 · retained source text

And the paterne of all that hee had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicate things:

1611 marginal noteHeb. of all that was with him.

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