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Anonymous Sun 28 Jan 2024 20:05:11 No.19470722 View View Report

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>So when Eglon’s attendants became concerned about how long he’d been in the locked room, they had to use a key to unlock the door (25). A locked room, a dead man inside, and no one else. Whodunnit? And how did Ehud escape unnoticed?

>To unravel the mystery it helps to know the meaning of the architectural terms which are sprinkled throughout the story, and what archaeology has revealed about the layout of ancient palaces. Our first clue is in the phrase which says Eglon was sitting בַּעֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה in the raised mᵉqērâ (whatever that is). The NRSV translates this “his cool roof chamber”

> A problem with this translation is that in that part of the country the roof would have been hot, and the coolest room would be close to the ground or below it. “Cool” doesn’t work. The word they’ve translated as “roof” (aliyya) can mean upper, or elevated, not necessarily on the roof, and I would translate it as “raised.” The word מְקֵרָה mᵉqērâ is more difficult. It may come from a root קָרַר meaning to be cool (hence the NRSV translation) but equally could refer to a “well-ventilated room” (as the NET Bible has it, with the note that this probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through). As Eglon’s attendants later assumed that Eglon was relieving himself (perhaps due to the smell and the fact he was in his locked room for so long), it’s highly likely that this “well-ventilated room” was in fact his toilet. The word מְקֵרָה mᵉqērâ could, however, derive from the root קָרָה and refer to roof beams. [2] Baruch Halpern argues that the phrase בַּעֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה means “above the beams” and refers to a raised platform with a space beneath, probably the elevated podium where the king’s throne was situated [3]. How would this fit with the assumption made by his attendants that Eglon was on the toilet?

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