Dictionary entry

Gardens

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Often made by the banks of rivers Nu 24:6

KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Herbs De 11:10; 1Ki 21:2

Cucumbers Isa 1:8

Fruit trees Ec 2:5,6

Spices, &c So 4:16; 6:2

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

Of the church So 5:1; 6:2,11

(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