Antiquity of
  Genesis 47:31; Exodus 8:3  
 Couches or divans used as
  Job 7:13; Psalm 6:6  
 A small pallet or mattress used as
  1 Samuel 19:15  
 Considered necessary
  2 Kings 4:10  
 MADE OF   Iron
  Deuteronomy 3:11   
 Ivory
  Amos 6:4   
 Gold and Silver
  Esther 1:6   
 Wood
  Song of Solomon 3:7-9  
 Supplied with pillows
  1 Samuel 19:13; 26:7  
 Covered with tapestry and linen
  Proverbs 7:16  
 Often perfumed
  Proverbs 7:17; Ezekiel 23:41  
 Of the poor covered with upper garment
  Exodus 22:26,27; Deuteronomy 24:12,13  
 USED FOR   Sleeping on
  Job 33:15; Luke 11:7   
 Reclining on by day
  2 Samuel 4:5; 11:2   
 Reclining on at meals
  1 Samuel 28:23-25; Amos 6:4-6; Luke 7:36-38; John 13:23   
 Not used in affliction
  2 Samuel 12:16; 13:31  
 Persons sometimes took to, in grief
  1 Kings 21:4; Hosea 7:14  
 Saints meditate and praise God while on
  Psalm 4:4; 149:5; Song of Solomon 3:1  
 The wicked devise mischief while on
  Psalm 36:4; Micah 2:1  
 The slothful too fond of
  Proverbs 26:14  
 Of the poor often sold for debt
  Proverbs 22:27  
 Subject to ceremonial defilement
  Leviticus 15:4  
 Purification of
  Mark 7:4  
 ILLUSTRATIVE   Of the grave
  Isaiah 57:2   
 (Made in darkness,) of extreme misery
  Job 17:13   
 (Made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
  Psalm 41:3   
 (Made on high,) of carnal security
  Isaiah 57:7   
 (Too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
  Isaiah 28:20