. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . gnificant or extinct at or before theCaptivity, and for this reason Becher is not men-tioned in 1 Chr. viii. The junior branches ofBechers family (1 Chr. vii. 8) would, of course, ac-cording to Lord A. C. Hervey, continue in thetribe of Benjamin.—2. Son of Ephraim (Num. ); perhaps = Bered 2; see No. 1 above. Be-chorath [-ko-] (,ftrst-born,Ges.),a Benjamite, son of Aphiah, and ancestor of KingSaul (1 Sam. ix. 1). Becti-lctll (fr. Syr. = house of slavghter),thzy\timcf, mentioned in Jd. ii. 21, as lying between Nine-veh and Cilicia
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . gnificant or extinct at or before theCaptivity, and for this reason Becher is not men-tioned in 1 Chr. viii. The junior branches ofBechers family (1 Chr. vii. 8) would, of course, ac-cording to Lord A. C. Hervey, continue in thetribe of Benjamin.—2. Son of Ephraim (Num. ); perhaps = Bered 2; see No. 1 above. Be-chorath [-ko-] (,ftrst-born,Ges.),a Benjamite, son of Aphiah, and ancestor of KingSaul (1 Sam. ix. 1). Becti-lctll (fr. Syr. = house of slavghter),thzy\timcf, mentioned in Jd. ii. 21, as lying between Nine-veh and Cilicia. The name has been comparedwith Baktaialla, a town of Syria named by Ptol-emy, Bactiali in the Peutinger Tables, which placeit twenty-one miles from Antioch. Perhaps, if anhistorical word, it is a corruption of Hebrew 2. Bed and Bedchamber [-ehame-]. We may distin-guish in the Jewish bed five principal parts:—1. themattress ; 2. the covering ; 3. the pillow; 4. the bed-stead or support for one ; 5. the ornamental Beds.—(From Fellows, Asia Minor.) —1. This portion of the bed was limited to a mere mat,or one or more quilts.—2. A quilt finer than those usedin No. 1. In summer a thin blanket or the outer gar-ment worn by day (1 Sam. xix. 13) sufficed. Thelatter often, in the case of the poor, formed No. 1and 2. The common bed or couch in modern Pales-tine is merely a thickly-padded quilt (Thn. ii. 1; com-pare Mat. ix. 2 ff. ; Mk. ii. 4 ff. ; Lk. v. 18 ff. ; 8 ff.). Hence the law provided that it should notbe kept in pledge after sunset, that the poor manmight not lack his needful covering (Deut. xxiv. 13).—3. The only material mentioned for this is that named in 1 Sam. xix. 13, and the word used is ofdoubtful meaning, probably = some fabric woven orplaited of goats-bair. It is clear, however, that itwas something hastily adopted to serve as a pillow,and is not decisive of the ordinary use. In Ez. , occurs the Hebrew word ceseth, whic
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