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