Summer-House
Summer-House
( , beth ha-kayic): Amo 3:15 notes it as part of the judgment on Israel that Yahweh would smite the winter-house with the summer-house. It belonged to the luxury of the period that kings and wealthy persons had separate residences for the cold and hot seasons. This is the only mention of the summer-house, but Eglon’s cool upper room (Jdg 3:20, the King James Version and the English Revised Version summer parlour, not in this case a separate building) may be compared. See WINTER-HOUSE.