Bible Dictionary

Asuppim, House Of

ASUP'PIM, HOUSE OF (house of gatherings). 1 Chr 26:15, 2 Sam 21:17. It refers either to the chambers of the temple, perhaps where the elders sat, or to some one of the apartments of the temple where …

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

ASUP'PIM, HOUSE OF (house of gatherings). 1 Chr 26:15, 2 Sam 21:17. It refers either to the chambers of the temple, perhaps where the elders sat, or to some one of the apartments of the temple where the stores were kept. The word is rendered "thresholds" in Neh 12:25.