Treasure-City
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Treasure-City [1]
(in the plur. עָרֵי מַסְכְּנות , Cities Of Provisions, "store-cities," 1 Kings 9:19). Pithom and Raamses (q.v.) are mentioned in Exodus 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 Genesis 41:48; see 48:26. The Jewish kings had similar places of public deposit ( 2 Chronicles 8:4; 2 Chronicles 8:6; 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Chronicles 17:2). (See Treasure).
