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606. Beds of Ivory (#98141)
606. Beds of Ivory
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James M. Freeman
Amos 6:4
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Amos 6:4
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That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; (Amos 6:4)
. That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches.
The divan on which the beds were spread, or the frames on which they rested, were inlaid and ornamented with ivory. Compare the note on “houses of ivory” (
Amos 3:15
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And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. (Amos 3:15)
, #604).
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