OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 7:7

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He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

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Verse 7. Tob. Hebrew “the other side.” Bible.—The eastern princes generally sit before their palace to give judgment; and hence that of the Ottoman emperors is styled the Porte, ( Calmet.) or “gate.”

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