. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . atticed chamber. Such mav have beenthe chamber in the wall (2 K. iv. 10, 11). The lattice through which Ahaziah fell, perhaps be-longed to an upper chamber of this kind (i. 2), asalso the third loft, from which Eutychus fell(xlcts xx. 9; compare Jer. xxii. 13). There areusually no special bedrooms in Eastern houses.(Bed.) The outer doors are closed with a woodenlock, but in some cases the apartments are dividedfrom each other by curtains only. There are nochimneys, but fire is made when required withcharcoal in a chafing-dish; or a fire of woo*d migh
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . atticed chamber. Such mav have beenthe chamber in the wall (2 K. iv. 10, 11). The lattice through which Ahaziah fell, perhaps be-longed to an upper chamber of this kind (i. 2), asalso the third loft, from which Eutychus fell(xlcts xx. 9; compare Jer. xxii. 13). There areusually no special bedrooms in Eastern houses.(Bed.) The outer doors are closed with a woodenlock, but in some cases the apartments are dividedfrom each other by curtains only. There are nochimneys, but fire is made when required withcharcoal in a chafing-dish; or a fire of woo*d mightbe kindled in the open court of the house (Lk. ). Some houses in Cairo have an apartment calledmalcad, open in front to the court, with two ormore arches, and a railing; and a pillar to supportthe wall above. It was in a chamber of this kind,probably one of the largest size to be found in apalace, that our Lord was being arraigned beforethe high-priest, when the denial of Him by St. Petertook place. He turned and looked on Teter as. Interior of House (Harem) in Damascus. he stood by the fire in the court (Lk. xxii. 56, 61;Jn. xviii. 24), whilst He Himself was in the Hallof Judgment. The roofs of Eastern houses aremostly flat, though there are sometimes domes oversome of the rooms. The flat portions are plasteredwith a composition of mortar, tar, ashes, and many cases the terrace roof is little better thanearth rolled hard. Sometimes the roof is of boards,stone slabs, palm-leaf, or even cornstalks or brush-wood spread over with gravel, &c. In no point doOriental domestic habits differ more from European HUE HUR 395 than in the use of the roof. Its flat surface is madeuseful for various household purposes, as dryingcorn, hanging up linen, and preparing figs andraisins. The roofs are used as places of recrea-tion in the evening, and often as sleeping-places atnight (2 Sam. xi. 2, xvi. 22 ; Dan. iv. 29; 1 Sam. , 26 ; Job xxvii. 18 ; Prov. xxi. 9). They werealso
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