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Bed @ (Heb. mittah), for rest at night Exodus:8:3; 1Samuel:19:13-15, 16, etc.); during sickness Genesis:47:31 Genesis:48:2 Genesis:49:33 , etc.); as a sofa for rest ( 1Samuel:28:23; Amos:3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains Deuteronomy:3:11; Psalms:132:3), for sickness Psalms:6:6 Psalms:41:3). In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet Matthew:9:2 Matthew:9:6 Luke:5:18; Acts:5:15). The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in 1Samuel:19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment Exodus:22:26-27; Deuteronomy:24:12-13).

Bed-chamber @ an apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general arrangement of the public sleeping-room for the males of the family and for guests, but there were usually besides distinct bed-chambers of a more private character ( 2Kings:4:10; Exodus:8:3; 2Kings:6:12). In 2Kings:11:2 this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept.

Bedan @ one of the judges of Israel ( 1Samuel:12:11). It is uncertain who he was. Some suppose that Barak is meant, others Samson, but most probably this is a contracted form of Abdon Judges:12:13).

Bedstead @ used in Deuteronomy:3:11, but elsewhere rendered "couch," "bed." In 2Kings:1:4 2Kings:16:2; Psalms:132:3; Amos:3:12, the divan is meant by this word.

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