Often made by the banks of rivers Nu 24:6
KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Cucumbers Isa 1:8
Fruit trees Ec 2:5,6
Often enclosed So 4:12
Often refreshed by fountains So 4:15
Taken care of by gardeners Joh 20:15
Lodges erected in Isa 1:8
OFTEN USED FOR
Entertainments So 5:1
Retirement Joh 18:1
Burial places 2Ki 21:18,26; Joh 19:41
Idolatrous worship Isa 1:29; 65:3
Blasting of, a punishment Am 4:9
Jews ordered to plant, in Babylon Jer 29:5,28
OF EDEN
Planted by the Lord Ge 2:8
Called the garden of the Lord Ge 13:10
Called the garden of God Eze 28:13
Had every tree good for food Ge 2:9
Watered by a river Ge 2:10-14
Man placed in, to dress and keep Ge 2:8,15
Man driven from, after the fall Ge 3:23,24
Fertility of Canaan like Ge 13:10; Joe 2:3
The future state of the Jews shall be like Isa 51:3; Eze 36:35
ILLUSTRATIVE
(Enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church So 4:12
(Well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12
(When dried up,) of the wicked Isa 1:30