orchards. Hebrew. pardesim. paradises, parks, or pleasure grounds. Different from "gardens", which were cultivated (Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2). Paradises were formed by eastern monarchs. In the British Museum may be seen the inscriptions of Gudea, the greatest of the Sumerian rulers of Chaldea (2500 B.C.), and Tiglath-pileser I, king of Assyria (1120 B. C), describing what could be only. botanical and zoological park. Assur-nazir-pal, king of Assyria (885 B. C), founded such. public paradise, and describes how he stocked it; what he brought, and whence he brought the natural history collection. The British Museum contains. portion of. similar catalogue of Sennacherib. The Paradise in Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:1; Revelation 22:2, refers to the future paradise, which will be as literal and real, not figurative.
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Ecclesiastes 2:5
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: