10. Let us make a little chamber —not build, but prepare it. She meant a room in the oleah, the porch, or gateway ( 2 Samuel 18:33 ; 1 Kings 17:19 ), attached to the front of the house, leading into the court and inner apartments. The front of the house, excepting the door, is a dead wall, and hence this room is called a chamber in the wall. It is usually appropriated to the use of strangers, or lodgers for a night, and, from its seclusion, convenient for study or retirement. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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