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Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
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Verse 22. Winter-house. He was very magnificent, and had other apartments for summer. Though the climate was warm, fires would be useful in November.—Hearth. There was no chimney used, and the smoke went out by the door, or by holes at the top of the room, as we see in some old monasteries. Calmet.—Charcoal was probably used. Baruch 6:42.
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