Bible Dictionaries
Gardens

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Genesis 2:8,9 ); Ahab's garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2 ); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18 ); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5 ); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41 ); of Gethsemane (John 18:1 ).

The "king's garden" mentioned 2 Kings 25:4 , Nehemiah 3:15 , was near the Pool of Siloam.

Gardens were surrounded by hedges of thorns (Isaiah 5:5 ) or by walls of stone (Proverbs 24:31 ). "Watch-towers" or "lodges" were also built in them (Isaiah 1:8; Mark 12:1 ), in which their keepers sat. On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer and communion with God (Genesis 24:63; Matthew 26:30-36; John 1:48; 18:1,2 ). The dead were sometimes buried in gardens (Genesis 23:19,20; 2 Kings 21:18,26; 1 Samuel 25:1; Mark 15:46; John 19:41 ). (See PARADISE .)