Judges Chapter 3 verse 24 Holy Bible
Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.
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Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.
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When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber."
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When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
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When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer-chamber.
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Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.
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and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24.- Covereth his feet, i.e. is asleep (see 1 Samuel 24:3). The servants, finding the door locked, and all quiet within, coneluded that he was taking his sie
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Behold, the doors of the parlour were locked.--It never occurred to them to suppose that they could have been fastened from without. "They were not strictly on the watch, both because of the heat and because they had gone to dinner" (Jos.).Surely he covereth his feet.--They assumed that the king had fastened the door inside for the sake of privacy. The margin correctly explains the phrase "covereth his feet," following the LXX. in both their readings (apokenoi tous podas B. pros diphrous kath?tai. A) and the "Vulgate (purgat alvum), the Chaldee, and the Syriac. Josephus gives the same explanation when alluding to the scene described in 1Samuel 24:4 (Jos., Antt. vi. 13, ? 3), though here (Antt. v. 4, ? 2) he explains it erroneously of "lying down to sleep." It is an Eastern euphemism taken from spreading out the garments while relieving the needs of nature (Bochart, Hierozoicon, i. 677).In his summer chamber.--The word used for "chamber" (cheder) is not the same as in Judges 3:20. It may mean either gyn?ceum, i.e., "women's apartments," or some "retiring place," as rendered by the Alexandrian Codex of the LXX.
