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Who would voluntarily lie down on a hard ivory bed? No one. Indeed, Targum resolved the dilemma by rendering it as \u201cbeds overlaid with ivory (literally: elephants\u2019 teeth),\u201d which is how he treated \u201chouses of ivory\u201d earlier in 3:15 (see, also, 1 Kings 22:39).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, the exegetes differed sharply with regard to the interpretation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seruchim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The JPS translation\u2019s rendition of \u201clolling\u201d is consistent with Rashi, who wrote: \u201cthey stretch out and sprawl themselves on their beds,\u201d quite the word picture of a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gefen sorachat<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ezekiel 17:6), which describes a vine that trails along the ground. 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Furniture decorated in ivory were all the rage with the one-percenters in Samaria and in the entire ancient Near East. Remnants of these have been found in archaeological excavations in Samaria, and they are still quite impressive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Just like David<\/em>. \u201cThey hum snatches of song To the tune of the lute\u2014 They account themselves musicians like David\u201d (verse 5). What\u2019s the connection with David - the instrument? The melody? The self-image? All these, and more, in the commentaries.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Peeking inside a house of death<\/em>. Verses 9-10 tell of what might happen in one of the houses in Samaria. There is a terrible plague of death in the house. 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