Dictionary entry

Palm-Tree, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

First mention of, in Scripture Ex 15:27

Jericho celebrated for De 34:3; Jud 1:16

DESCRIBED AS

Tall So 7:7

Upright Jer 10:5

Flourishing Ps 92:12

Fruitful to a great age Ps 92:14

The fruit of, called dates 2Ch 31:5

Requires a moist and fertile soil Ex 15:27

Tents often pitched under the shade of Jud 4:5

THE BRANCHES OF, WERE

The emblem of victory Re 7:9

Carried at feast of tabernacles Le 23:40

Used for constructing booths Ne 8:15

Spread before Christ Joh 12:13

Blasted as a punishment Joe 1:12

Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of Solomon 1Ki 6:29,32,35; 2Ch 3:5

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

The church So 7:7,8

The righteous Ps 92:12

The upright appearance of idols Jer 10:5