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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Bedchamber</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/b/bedchamber.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/exodus/8-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/b/bedchamber.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Bedchamber</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/b/bedaubed.htm" title="Bedaubed">◄</a> Bedchamber <a href="/topical/b/bed-chamber.htm" title="Bed-chamber">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#eas" title="Easton's Bible Dictionary">Easton's</a> • <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "bedchamber" in the Bible refers to a private room or chamber used for sleeping. It is often associated with privacy, intimacy, and personal space within a household. In biblical times, the bedchamber was an important part of a home, serving not only as a place for rest but also as a setting for significant events and interactions.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the bedchamber is mentioned in various contexts, often highlighting its role as a place of privacy and secrecy. For instance, in <a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a>, the prophet Elisha is said to know the words spoken by the king of Aram in his bedchamber, illustrating the idea that nothing is hidden from God's prophets: "Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."<br><br>The bedchamber also appears in narratives involving royal figures. In <a href="/2_samuel/4-7.htm">2 Samuel 4:7</a>, the murder of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, takes place in his bedchamber, emphasizing the vulnerability and unexpectedness of the attack: "They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom. After they struck and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah."<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of the bedchamber is used metaphorically in the teachings of Jesus. In <a href="/matthew/6-6.htm">Matthew 6:6</a>, Jesus instructs His followers on the importance of private prayer, using the imagery of a private room or chamber: "But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."<br><br>This passage underscores the significance of the bedchamber as a place of personal communion with God, away from the public eye, where genuine and heartfelt prayer can occur.<br><br><b>Cultural and Symbolic Significance</b><br><br>In biblical culture, the bedchamber was more than just a physical space; it symbolized a realm of personal and intimate experiences. It was a place where individuals could retreat from the public sphere, engage in personal reflection, and encounter God in solitude. The bedchamber's association with secrecy and privacy also made it a setting for both righteous and unrighteous acts, as seen in the narratives of Elisha and Ish-bosheth.<br><br>The bedchamber's symbolic significance extends to its representation of the inner life of a believer. Just as the bedchamber is a private space within a home, the heart is a private space within a person, where true intentions and desires are laid bare before God.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The bedchamber in the Bible serves as a powerful symbol of privacy, intimacy, and the inner life of individuals. It is a place where significant events unfold, both in the physical and spiritual realms. Through its various mentions in Scripture, the bedchamber reminds believers of the importance of personal integrity, the value of private communion with God, and the ever-present reality of God's knowledge of all things, even those done in secret.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>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 (<a href="/2_kings/4-10.htm">2 Kings 4:10</a>; <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a>). In <a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a> this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD</span><p>For the very poor of the East, in ancient times as now, the "bed" was and is, as a rule, the bare ground; and the bedclothes, the gown, simlah, or "outer garment," worn during the day ("For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep?" (<a href="/exodus/22-27.htm">Exodus 22:27</a>); compare <a href="/deuteronomy/24-13.htm">Deuteronomy 24:13</a>, "Thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment").<br><br>When one was on a journey, or watching his flock by night as a shepherd, such a "bed" was the most natural, and often a stone would serve as a pillow. (See <a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Genesis 28:11</a>, where Jacob "took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.")<br><br>An advance on this custom, which came in due course of time, or under change of circumstances, was the use of a mat on the floor as a bed, with or without covering. At first it was literally laid on the floor, which was generally of one common level, in some convenient place near the wall; but later it was put on an elevation, either a raised part of the floor on one side, or a bedstead, which gave rise to the expression "going up to the bed" (compare <a href="/genesis/49-33.htm">Genesis 49:33</a> English Versions of the Bible, "He gathered up his feet into the bed," and <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Psalm 132:3</a>, "go up into my bed").<br><br>1. Old Testament Terms for Bed, and Sleeping Customs of the Hebrews:<br><br>With a later development and civilization, "beds" came to be built upon supports and constructed in different forms, which fact is reflected in the variety of names given the "bed" in the Hebrew and related languages.<br><br>(1) The following Hebrew words are used in the Bible for "bed," and, though it is impossible at this remove of time and place and custom to differentiate them sharply, they will repay study: miTTah (<a href="/genesis/48-2.htm">Genesis 48:2</a>, "And Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed"; Exodus 8:3, "frogs. shall come into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed"); mishkabh, compare (<a href="/genesis/49-4.htm">Genesis 49:4</a>, Jacob to Reuben: "Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it"); `eres (<a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16</a>, the "strange woman" says: "I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry"; compare <a href="/psalms/41-3.htm">Psalm 41:3</a>, "Thou makest all his bed in his sickness"); matstsa` (once only, <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Isaiah 28:20</a>, "For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it"); and yetsua` (<a href="/job/17-13.htm">Job 17:13</a>, "I have spread my couch in the darkness"; <a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">1 Chronicles 5:1</a>, "He defiled his father's couch"; compare <a href="/genesis/49-4.htm">Genesis 49:4</a> where the same "father's bed" is mishkabh; <a href="/psalms/63-6.htm">Psalm 63:6</a>, "when I remember thee upon my bed"; <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Psalm 132:3</a>, "nor go up into my bed").<br><br>(2) It is a far cry from the simple sleeping customs of <a href="/deuteronomy/24-13.htm">Deuteronomy 24:13</a> to the luxurious arts and customs of the post-exilic days, when beds of fine wood and ivory are found in use among the Hebrews, as well as pillows of the most costly materials elaborately embroidered (see Judith 10:21; <a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a>; compare <a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Songs 3:10</a>); but it all came about as a natural, as well as artificial development, with changed conditions and contacts and increasing civilization and luxury. As marking the several stages of that development, we find pictures of the poor, first sleeping upon the ground without mat or mattress, then in a single sleeping-room for the whole family, often without a separate bed, then with "beds" that were simply wadded quilts, or thin mattresses, and mats for keeping them off the ground; then with still better "beds" laid upon light portable, wooden frames, or upon more elevated bedsteads (compare <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Psalm 132:3</a> and <a href="/mark/4-21.htm">Mark 4:21</a> the Revised Version (British and American) "under the bed"). The degree of richness depended, of course, upon time and place, in a measure, but more upon the wealth and station of the family and the style of the house or tent in which they lived, as it does even with the Bedouin of today. The prophet Amos gives a vivid and significant picture of the luxury of certain children of Israel, "that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed" (<a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Amos 3:12</a>); and of certain children of luxury "that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock. that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph" (<a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-6</a>; compare <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-13</a>).<br><br>(3) We find that the poor, while sleeping for the most part in their ordinary clothing, often, in cold weather, made their beds of the skins of animals, old cloaks, or rugs, as they do still in the East. The "beds" and "bedding" now in ordinary use among Orientals are much the same, we may be sure, as they were in olden times. "Bedsteads" of any pretention were and are rare among the common people; but the richness of "beds" and "bedsteads" among Asiatics of wealth and rank was quite equal to that of the Greeks and Romans (compare <a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16, 17</a>, "I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon"); <a href="/songs/1-16.htm">Songs 1:16, 17</a>: "The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs. also our couch is green." Compare the "palanquin" of Solomon, "of the wood of Lebanon," "the pillars thereof of silver," "the bottom of gold," and "the seat of purple" (<a href="/songs/3-9.htm">Songs 3:9, 10</a>).<br><br>(4) As soon as any family could afford it, a special bedroom would be set apart, and the whole family would sleep in it (see <a href="/luke/11-5.htm">Luke 11:5-8</a>, "My children are with me in bed"). When the house had two stories the upper story was used for sleeping, or, during very hot weather, preferably the roof, or the room on the roof. See <a href="../h/house.htm">HOUSE</a>. When morning came the "bed," a wadded quilt or mattress, used with or without covering according to the season, was rolled up, aired and sunned, and then put aside on the raised platform, or packed away in a chest or closet.<br><br>The words mishkabh and miTTah came to have a figurative meaning signifying the final resting-place; and `eres used of the "bedstead" of the King of Og (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a>) is thought by some to mean his sarcophagus (Benzinger, Hebrew Arch., 123; Nowack, I, 143). <a href="/genesis/47-31.htm">Genesis 47:31</a>, "And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head" is not rightly rendered (see STAFF, and Crit. Commentary in the place cited.).<br><br>2. New Testament Terms for Bed, Their Meaning, etc.:<br><br>(1) We find several Greek words, kline, krabbatos, and koitte, used in the New Testament somewhat indiscriminately and rendered English Versions of the Bible by "bed," "couch," etc.; but, as with the Hebrew words noted, there is little to indicate just exactly what they severally stand for, or how they are related to the Hebrew terms rendered "bed" or "couch" in the Old Testament. Of one thing we can be sure, reasoning from what we know of "the unchanging East," the "beds" and sleeping customs of the Hebrews in Christ's time were in the main about what they were in later Old Testament times.<br><br>(2) An interesting case for study is that of the man "sick of the palsy" whom they brought to Jesus "lying on a bed," and who when healed "took up the bed, and went forth before them all" (<a href="/matthew/9-2.htm">Matthew 9:2, 6</a> <a href="/mark/2-4.htm">Mark 2:4, 12</a> <a href="/luke/5-18.htm">Luke 5:18, 19</a>; compare <a href="/john/5-8.htm">John 5:8-12</a>). Here the "bed" on which the sick of the palsy lay was let down from the housetop "through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus" (<a href="/luke/5-18.htm">Luke 5:18, 19</a>); and when the man was healed Jesus commanded him, as Luke says, to "take up (his) couch and go unto (his) house," and he "took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God" (<a href="/luke/5-24.htm">Luke 5:24, 25</a>). It seems, therefore, that this "bed" was a "pallet" and "couch" combined, a thin mattress upon a light portable frame, such as we have already seen was in use among the ancients. Another kindred case was that of the sick man at the pool of Bethesda (<a href="/john/5-2.htm">John 5:2</a>) whom Jesus healed and commanded to "take up his bed and walk," and he "took up his bed and walked"; only in this case the "bed" is a "pallet" without the frame, it would seem.<br><br>(3) Jesus in His teaching (<a href="/mark/4-21.htm">Mark 4:21</a>; compare <a href="/luke/8-16.htm">Luke 8:16</a>) asks, in language which is significant in this connection: "Is the lamp brought to be put under. the bed?" (<a href="/luke/8-16.htm">Luke 8:16</a>: "No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed"). Here, clearly, "the bed" is the "bedstead," bedclothes, draperies and all, under which "the lamp" would be obscured and hindered in its function of "giving light to all in the room." Again (<a href="/luke/17-34.htm">Luke 17:34</a>) Jesus says, "In that night there shall be two men on one bed," which is incidental evidence that the "beds" of that day were not all "pallets" or "couches" for one only (compare <a href="/luke/11-7.htm">Luke 11:7</a>, "My children are with me in bed"; <a href="/songs/1-16.htm">Songs 1:16</a>; <a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Songs 3:10</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16, 18</a>).<br><br>(4) For figurative use in the prophets (e.g. <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Ezekiel 23:17</a>) and in the New Testament (e.g. "Let the bed be undefiled," <a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a>), see commentaries in the place cited<br><br>George B. Eager<p><span class="encheading">BEDCHAMBER</span><p>bed'-cham-ber.<br><br>See <a href="../b/bed.htm">BED</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2846.htm"><span class="l">2846. koiton -- a <b>bedchamber</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>bedchamber</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: koiton Phonetic Spelling:<br> (koy-tone') Short Definition: a bed-chamber Definition: a bed-chamber. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2846.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4904.htm"><span class="l">4904. mishkab -- place of lying, a couch, act of lying</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), rest (1), resting place (1), sleeping (1). <b>bedchamber</b>, couch, lying<br> with. From shakab; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4904.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4296.htm"><span class="l">4296. mittah -- a couch, bed</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from natah Definition a couch, bed NASB Word Usage bed (21), bedroom*<br> (2), beds (1), bier (1), couch (3), couches (1). <b>bedchamber</b>, bier. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4296.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4093.htm"><span class="l">4093. madda -- knowledge, thought</span></a><br><b>...</b> knowledge. Word Origin from yada Definition knowledge, thought NASB Word Usage<br> <b>bedchamber</b> (1), knowledge (5). knowledge, science, thought. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4093.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/emmerich/the_life_of_the_blessed_virgin_mary/viii_the_annunciation.htm"><span class="l">The Annunciation</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The two girls went to their separate room, and Mary, too, went into her <b>bedchamber</b>. <b>...</b><br> The entrance to the <b>bedchamber</b> was beside the kitchen. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/viii the annunciation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/3_he_never_saw_constans.htm"><span class="l">He Never Saw Constans Alone.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> mad, Sire, nor have I forgotten that divine utterance which says, Curse not the<br> king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy <b>bedchamber</b>: for a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/3 he never saw constans.htm</font><p><a href="/library/victorinus/commentary_on_the_apocolypse_of_the_blessed_john/from_the_third_chapter.htm"><span class="l">From the Third Chapter.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> are rich men placed in positions of dignity, but believing that they are rich, among<br> whom indeed the Scriptures are discussed in their <b>bedchamber</b>, while the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../commentary on the apocolypse of the blessed john/from the third chapter.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/davids_dying_song.htm"><span class="l">David's Dying Song</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is always blessed to hear the words of departing saints. How many choice thoughts<br> have we gained in the <b>bedchamber</b> of the righteous, beloved? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/davids dying song.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/select_masterpieces_of_biblical_literature/v_the_expedition_against_elisha.htm"><span class="l">The Expedition against Elisha</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel,<br> telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy <b>bedchamber</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/v the expedition against elisha.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_21_elishas_closing_ministry.htm"><span class="l">Elisha's Closing Ministry</span></a> <br><b>...</b> his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel,<br> telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy <b>bedchamber</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 21 elishas closing ministry.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_77_in_pilates_judgment.htm"><span class="l">In Pilate's Judgment Hall</span></a> <br><b>...</b> eyes. The Roman governor had been called from his <b>bedchamber</b> in haste,<br> and he determined to do his work as quickly as possible. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the desire of ages/chapter 77 in pilates judgment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/jehoiada_and_joash.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiada and Joash</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain;<br> and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the <b>bedchamber</b> from Athaliah <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/jehoiada and joash.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/sight_and_blindness.htm"><span class="l">Sight and Blindness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> servants said, None, my Lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel,<br> telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy <b>bedchamber</b>.13. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/sight and blindness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/14_take_again_the_preface.htm"><span class="l">Take, Again, the Preface to the Song of Songs:</span></a> <br><b>...</b> so grandly and so freely that it seems to me as if the words were fulfilled in him<br> which say, [2964] "The king has brought me into his <b>bedchamber</b>." It would <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../14 take again the preface.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bedchamber.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bedchamber</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Int. Standard Bible<br> Encyclopedia. BED; <b>BEDCHAMBER</b>; BEDSTEAD. <b>...</b><b>BEDCHAMBER</b>. bed'-cham-ber. See BED. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bedchamber.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bed-chamber.htm"><span class="l">Bed-chamber (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Bed-chamber. <b>Bedchamber</b>, Bed-chamber. Bed-chambers . Easton's Bible<br> Dictionary An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bed-chamber.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bedstead.htm"><span class="l">Bedstead (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A framework for supporting a bed. Int. Standard<br> Bible Encyclopedia. BED; <b>BEDCHAMBER</b>; BEDSTEAD. For <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bedstead.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/murdered.htm"><span class="l">Murdered (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who<br> were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <b>bedchamber</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/murdered.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jo'ash.htm"><span class="l">Jo'ash (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who<br> were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <b>bedchamber</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jo'ash.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nurse.htm"><span class="l">Nurse (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who<br> were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <b>bedchamber</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nurse.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm"><span class="l">Athaliah (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who<br> were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <b>bedchamber</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/athaliah.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bed.htm"><span class="l">Bed (142 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or recumbent position. 22. (vi) To go to bed; to cohabit. Int. Standard<br> Bible Encyclopedia. BED; <b>BEDCHAMBER</b>; BEDSTEAD. For the very <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bed.htm - 52k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahaziah.htm"><span class="l">Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who<br> were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <b>bedchamber</b>; and they <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahaziah.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kneadingtroughs.htm"><span class="l">Kneadingtroughs (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and<br> come into thine house, and into thy <b>bedchamber</b>, and upon thy bed, and into <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kneadingtroughs.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sex-in-marriage.html">What does the Bible say about sex in marriage / marital sex? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/bedchamber.htm">Bedchamber: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Bedchamber (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a></span><br />and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-7.htm">2 Samuel 4:7</a></span><br />Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a></span><br />And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a></span><br />But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a></span><br />But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:20</a></span><br />Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your <span class="boldtext">bedchamber</span>: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/bedchamber.htm">Bedchamber</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bed-chamber.htm">Bed-chamber (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehosheba.htm">Jehosheba (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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