- Antiquity of Ge 39:20
- KINDS OF, MENTIONED
- State Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20
- Common Ac 5:18
- Dungeons attached to Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11
- Were under the care of a keeper Ge 39:21
- USED FOR CONFINING
- Persons accused of crimes Lu 23:19
- Persons accused of heresy Ac 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
- Suspected persons Ge 42:19
- Condemned persons till executed Le 24:12; Ac 12:4,5
- Enemies taken captive Jud 16:21; 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11
- Debtors till they paid Mt 5:26; 18:30
- Persons under the king's displeasure 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17
- Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment Ezr 7:26
- Confinement in, considered a severe punishment Lu 22:33
- PLACES USED AS
- Court of the king's house Jer 32:2
- House of the king's scribe Jer 37:15
- House of the captain of the guard Ge 40:3
- Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18
- The king had power to commit to 1Ki 22:27
- Magistrates had power to commit to Mt 5:25
- PERSONS CONFINED IN
- Said to be in ward Le 24:12
- Said to be in hold Ac 4:3
- Often placed in dungeons Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24
- Often bound with fetters Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mr 6:17
- Often chained to two soldiers Ac 12:6
- Often fastened in stocks Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24
- Often kept to hard labour Jud 16:21
- Often subjected to extreme suffering Ps 79:11; 102:20; 105:18
- Fed on bread and water 1Ki 22:27
- Clothed in prison dress 2Ki 25:29
- Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23
- Might have their condition ameliorated by the king Jer 37:20,21
- Often executed in Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10
- The king had power to release from Ge 40:21
- Magistrates had power to release from Ac 16:35,36
- KEEPERS OF
- Strictly guarded the doors Ac 12:6
- Responsible for the prisoners Ac 16:23,27
- Put to death if prisoners escaped Ac 12:19
- Often used severity Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24
- Sometimes acted kindly Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34
- Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to well-conducted prisoners Ge 39:22,23
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Deep afflictions Ps 142:7
- Hell Re 20:7
- Bondage to sin and Satan Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1
The New Topical Text Book
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.