Bible Dictionary: Beds: Not Used in Affliction

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2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
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And all the Methods I have Mentioned are Constantly Used by Nearly ...
... the second to lasciviousness: "ye that lie upon beds of ivory ... And, indeed, I do not
know whether this figure of ... down in that art which I learnt and used to teach ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 7 and all the.htm

Incidents of Childhood
... an attic large enough for three or four beds, and a ... I will not soon forget how I
used to watch her put ... the house was a garden from which Mother used often to ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter iii incidents of childhood.htm

Prayer and Trouble (Continued)
... the New Testament there are three words used which embrace ... hope to escape it; that
they would not be carried through this life on flowery beds of ease. ...
/.../bounds/the essentials of prayer/vi prayer and trouble continued.htm

The Carcass and the Eagles
... of violence to come near; 4. That lie upon beds of ivory ... as to the poverty and misery,
which have not only no ... seem to mean animals too young to be used as food. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the carcass and the eagles.htm

Not Now, but Hereafter!
... is to imagine an absurdity,"you have used, I repeat it ... even these worst of men, who
pretend not to believe ... of their consciences, and on their dying beds, or in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/not now but hereafter.htm

Examples of True Eloquence Drawn from the Epistles of Paul and the ...
... the second to lasciviousness: "ye that lie upon beds of ivory ... And, indeed, I do not
know whether this figure of ... down in that art which I learnt and used to teach ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 7 examples of true eloquence.htm

The Bliss of the Glorified
... Truly, sick men have their beds made easy when Christ is ... if your wishes are subdued,
if you do not hunger any more, or thirst any more as you used to do ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/the bliss of the glorified.htm

How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured the Laws of the Jews to be ...
... that slew the sacrifices, and the rest that used to say ... in the state it now was,
and might not be altered ... he sent to Eleazar the high priest ten beds, with feet ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how ptolemy philadelphus.htm

A Question for a Questioner
... Nor did he only pray, but he used the fittest ... himself held up his eyelids, and would
not let them ... Others on their beds were refreshed with "kind nature's sweet ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/a question for a questioner.htm

What and Whence are These?
... may infer that they did not come from beds of sloth ... we believe that the saints who
are not in heaven ... The word used in our translation is "tribulation," and you ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/what and whence are these.htm