(Est 1:5). Since the enclosed area that surrounded the Temple building of Solomon was divided into several sections by walls or buildings, the term “courts” is used (2 Ki 21:5; Ps 65:4; 84:2). The Temple precinct of Christ’s time had four courts: “the court of the Gentiles,” accessible to all worshipers regardless of race or religious affiliation; “the court of the women,” accessible to all Jews regardless of age or sex; “the court of Israel,” into which only male Jews could enter; and “the court