South of the marketplace were the butcher stalls (shambles, KJV; meat market, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NEB, RSV) that Paul mentioned in <1 Corinthians 10:25>. Corinthians purchased their meat from these butcher stalls. The meat was often dedicated to pagan idols before being sold. This presented a cultural problem for the Christians in Corinth <1 Corinthians 8>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
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