Manners and Customs of the Bible, 619. Silence
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Habakkuk 2:20. But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
There may be a reference here to the profound and impressive silence which prevails in Oriental courts among the guards and officers who attend upon royal personages.