Encyclopedia entry
Chamber
“on the wall,” which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the “guest chamber” where entertainments were prepared (Mark 14:14). There were also “chambers within chambers” (1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 9:2). To enter into a chamber is used metaphorically of prayer and communion with God (Isa. 26:20). The “chambers of the south” (Job 9:9) are probably the constelations of the southern hemisphere. The “chambers of imagery”, i.e., chambers painted with images, as used by Ezekiel (8:12), is an expression denoting the vision the prophet had of the abominations practised by the Jews in Jerusalem.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(Genesis 43:30; 2 Samuel 18:33; Psalms 19:5; Daniel 6:10) The word chamber in these passages has much the same significance as with us, meaning the private rooms of the house—the guest chamber, as with us, meaning a room set apart for the accommodation of the visiting friend. (Mark 14:14,15; Luke 22:12) The upper chamber was used more particularly for the lodgment of strangers. (Acts 9:37)
In the Bible
54
Verses where Chamber is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Kings 1:15
So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
- 1 Kings 6:6
The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
- 1 Kings 6:8
The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
- 1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
- 1 Kings 17:23
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
- 1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
+48 more verses naming Chamber.
Scripture on Chamber
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- Acts 9Genesis 43Judges 9Judges 162 Samuel 181 Kings 61 Kings 222 Kings 92 Kings 23Psalms 19Daniel 6Mark 14Judges 3Judges 152 Samuel 131 Kings 11 Kings 141 Kings 171 Kings 202 Kings 12 Chronicles 122 Chronicles 18Ezra 10Nehemiah 3Job 9Job 37Psalms 45Song of Solomon 3Isaiah 26Jeremiah 35Ezekiel 42Joel 2Luke 22Acts 20
Chamber references
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Voices on Chamber
4
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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