HIGH PLACE
an eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1-Kings 13:32; 2-Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also built an altar on a mountain (12:7, 12: 8). It was on a mountain in Gilead that Laban and Jacob offered sacrifices (31:54). After the Israelites entered the Promised Land they were strictly enjoined to......
HOLY PLACE
one of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Exo 26:31;37:17; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It contained the table of showbread (Exo 25:23) and the golden altar of incense (30:1). It was divided from the holy of holies by a veil of the most costly materials and ......
MARKET-PLACE
any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16;20:3), as well as a forum or market-place proper, where goods were exposed for sale, and where public assemblies and trials were held (Acts 16:19;17:17). This word occurs in the Old Testament only in Ezek. 27:13. In early times markets were held at the gates of cities, where commodities were exposed for sale (2-Kin......
OPEN PLACE
Gen. 38:14, Gen. 38: 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Josh. 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephelah. ......
SKULL, THE PLACE OF A
See GOLGOTHA. ......
WAILING-PLACE, JEWS'
a section of the western wall of the temple area, where the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail their desolate condition (Psa 79:1, Psa 79: 4, 5). The stones in this part of the wall are of great size, and were placed, as is generally believed, in the position in which they are now found in the time of Solomon. "The congregation at the wailing-place is one of the most solemn gatherings ......