Treasure-City
Treasure-City
(in the plur. , cities of provisions, store-cities, 1Ki 9:19). Pithom and Raamses (q.v.) are mentioned in Exo 1:11, as treasure-cities built by Pharaoh by the unpaid labor of the Hebrews; they were probably magazines or depots for the royal revenue (which was doubtless paid in kind), such as are intimated in Gen 41:48; see 48:26. The Jewish kings had similar places of public deposit (2Ch 8:4; 2Ch 8:6; 2Ch 16:4; 2Ch 17:2). SEE TREASURE.