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SHRINE

A structure holding sacred objects, a sanctuary, or a place of worship. A shrine can be a tent (Exod. 33:7), a high place (2 Kgs. 23:19), or a temple (Acts 17:24).

The early Hebrew clans and tribes established shrines both before and after the conquest of Canaan, often occupying abandoned Canaanite shrines or consecrating places where sacred events had occurred. For example, Abraham built an altar at Mamre to commemorate his covenant with God (Gen. 13:18). The tribal confederation also possessed its own traveling shrine, the ark of the covenant, which was later located at various permanent shrines, including Shechem (Josh. 24), Gibeah (Judg. 20:27), Gilgal (Josh. 3–4), and Shiloh (1 Sam. 3:3). Eventually the temple in Jerusalem became the central shrine. Many kings of Israel erected shrines to pagan gods; these were destroyed in the Josianic reform of 622 b.c.e.

Henry L. Carrigan, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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