BEATEN WORK to BEE

BEATEN GOLD

in Num. 8:4, means "turned" or rounded work in gold.

The Greek Version, however, renders the word "solid gold;" the Revised Version, "beaten work of gold." In 1 Kings 10:16, 17, it probably means "mixed" gold, as the word ought to be rendered, i.e., not pure gold. Others render the word in these places "thin plates of gold."

BEATEN OIL

(Ex. 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a mill. It was reckoned the best. (See OLIVE

BEAUTIFUL GATE

the name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2). It is supposed to have been the door which led from the court of the Gentiles to the court of the women. It was of massive structure, and covered with plates of Corinthian brass.

BEATEN WORK

Of metals Ex 25:18; 30:36; 37:17, 22; Nu 8:4

BEATING

As a punishment Ex 5:14; Deut 25:3; Mr 13:9; Ac 5:40; 16:22, 37

See ASSAULT
See PUNISHMENT

BEAUTY

Vanity of Ps 39:11; Pr 6:25; 31:30; Isa 3:24; Eze 16:14; 28:17 Wastes away Ps 39:11; 49:14

INSTANCES OF

Sarah Ge 12:11

Rebekah Ge 24:16

Rachel Ge 29:17

Joseph Ge 39:6

Moses Ex 2:2; Heb 11:23

David 1Sa 16:12, 18

Bath-sheba 2Sa 11:2

Tamar 2Sa 13:1

Absalom 2Sa 14:25

Abishag 1Ki 1:4

Vashti Es 1:11

Esther Es 2:7

SPIRITUAL 1Ch 16:29; Ps 27:4; 29:2; 45:11; 90:17; 110:3; Isa 52:7; Eze 16:14; Zec 9:17

BEAUTY AND BANDS

The staves, broken Zec 11:7

BEBAI

The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16; 10:15

BECHER

first-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Gen. 46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob.

It is probable that he married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were consequently reckoned among the tribe of Ephraim (Num. 26:35; 1 Chr. 7:20, 21). They are not reckoned among the descendants of Benjamin (Num. 26:38).

1. Son of Benjamin Ge 46:21; 1Ch 7:6, 8

2. Son of Ephraim Nu 26:35

Called BERED 1Ch 7:20

BECHORATH

Son of Aphiah 1Sa 9:1

BED

(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12).

Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deut. 3:11; Ps. 132:3), for sickness (Ps. 6:6; 41:3).

In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet (Matt. 9:2, 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 1 Sam. 19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment (Ex. 22:26,27; Deut. 24:12,13).

Made of wood So 3:7-9

Made of iron Deut 3:11

Made of ivory Am 6:4

Made of gold and silver Es 1:6

Used at meals Am 6:4

Exempt from execution for debt Pr 22:27

Perfumed Pr 7:17

BEDAN

one of the judges of Israel (1 Sam. 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 (Judg. 12:13).

1. One of the deliverers of Israel, possibly identical with Abdon 1Sa 12:11 2. Son of Ullam 1Ch 7:17

BEE

First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg. 14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.

In Palestine Deut 1:44; Jud 14:8; Ps 118:12; Isa 7:18 Called by hissing Isa 7:18

See HONEY

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 (2 Kings 4:10; Ex. 8:3; 2 Kings 6:12).

In 2 Kings 11:2 this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept.

BEDSTEAD

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.