Topic
Bedstead
5 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 3:11Easton
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
- 2 Kings 1:4Easton
Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
- 2 Kings 16:2Easton
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
- Psalms 132:3Easton
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
- Amos 3:12Easton
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Used in Deut. 3:11, but elsewhere rendered “couch,” “bed.” In 2 Kings 1:4; 16:2; Ps. 132:3; Amos 3:12, the divan is meant by this word.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
bed'-stead.
See BED.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.