Skip to main content

Bed

Bed
‎Beds were only used by members of the upper class. Poorer people slept on the floor, or on a simple mattress. The picture on top shows an Egyptian bed whose headboard is decorated with ivory carvings. In Egypt people slept on a special headrest (in the center-right). Beneath it the picture shows a clay model of a bed from Palestine; several such models were found during excavations. 

Unfortunately, actual beds of the biblical time are not preserved due to the humidity in Palestine, but the model illustrates the shape of such a bed. The beds in Palestine were also decorated with ivory carvings.

‎Gen 47:31; 48:2; 49:4, 49:33; Exod 8:3; 1 Sam 19:13; 28:23; 2 Sam 4:7; 1 Kings 17:19; 21:4; Job 33:15, 33:19; Ps 6:6; 63:6; 132:3; Prov 7:16; 22:27; 26:14; Dan 2:29; 4:5, 4:10, 4:13; 7:1; Sirach 31:19; 40:5; 41:22


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Furnishings of the Tabernacle

Furnishings of the Tabernacle . ‎The book of Exodus details the construction of the tabernacle and its furnishings. As Yahweh’s sanctuary, the tabernacle served as God’s dwelling place among the Israelites—the expression of the covenant between Yahweh and His people ( Exod 25:8–9 ).
Post a Comment
Read more

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

The Ten Plagues of Egypt
Post a Comment
Read more

A Threshing Floor

A Threshing Floor In the ancient world, farmers used threshing floors to separate grain from its inedible husk (chaff) by beating it with a flail or walking animals on it—sometimes while towing a threshing sledge. Sledges were fitted with flint teeth to dehusk the grain more quickly. Other workers would turn the grain over so that it would be evenly threshed by the sledge.
Post a Comment
Read more