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(הקּיץ בּית, bēth ha-ḳāyic): 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†(, the King James Version and the English Revised Version “summer parlour,†not in this case a separate building) may be compared. See WINTER-HOUSE.