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is the incorrect rendering in Isa_65:4 for ðָöåּø , nzatsur', a guarded place (" hidden thing," as in Isa_48:6; elsewhere "besieged," etc.), such as caves (so the Sept. óðήëáéïí ), or the adyta or shrines of heathen temples (so the Vulg. delubra), as places of idolatrous or illicit devotion. It was anciently a practice in most nations for persons to resort to the sepulchres for the purpose of magic or necromancy, and this still holds its ground in India and other Oriental countries. SEE SUPERSTITION.
In the Apocrypha, "monument" is the correct rendering in Wis_10:7 for ìíçìåῖïí , but inexactly in 1Ma_13:27 for ᾠêïäüìçóå , and in 2Ma_15:6 for ôñüðáéïí . SEE TOMB.
For the monuments of Egypt and Assyria, see those countries respectively.