Dict: smith - BATH

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BATH, BATHING - B>@ - This was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident, or of leprous or ordinary uncleanness, kjv@Leviticus:15; 16:28; 22:6; kjv@Numbers:19:7; 19; 2 Samuel 11:2-4; kjv@2Kings:5:10) as also after mourning, which always implied defilement. kjv@Ruth:3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20) The eastern climate made bathing essential alike to health and pleasure, to which luxury added the use of perfumes. kjv@Esther:2:12) Judith 10:3; Susan 17. The "pools," such as that of Siloam and Hezekiah, ( kjv@2Kings:20:20; kjv@Nehemiah:3:15-16; kjv@Isaiah:22:11; kjv@John:9:7) often sheltered by porticos, kjv@John:5:2) are the first indications we have of public bathing accommodation.

BATH - B>@ - MEASURES

BATHRABBIM - B>@ - (daughter of many), The gate of, One of the gates of the ancient city of heshbon. (Solomon kjv@7:4-5)

BATHSHEBA, OR BATHSHEBA - B>@ - (daughter of the oath), (2 Samuel 11:3) etc., also called Bath-shua in ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5) the daughter of Eliam, (2 Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel, ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5) the son of Ahithophel, (2 Samuel 23:34) and wife of Uriah the Hittite. (B.C. 1035.) The child which was the fruit of her adulterous intercourse with David died; but after marriage she became the mother of four sons, Solomon, kjv@Matthew:1:6) Shimea, Shobab and Nathan. When Adonijah attempted to set aside the succession promised to Solomon, Bath-sheba informed the king of the conspiracy. (Kings:1:11,15,23) After the accession of Solomon, she, as queen-mother, requested permission of her son for Adonijah to take in marriage Abishag the Shunammite. (Kings:2:21-25)

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