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CHAMBER - C>@ - kjv@Genesis:43:30; 2 Samuel 18:33; kjv@Psalms:19:5; kjv@Daniel:6:10) The word chamber in these passages has much the same significance as with us, meaning the private rooms of the house
the guest chamber, as with us, meaning a room set apart for the accommodation of the visiting friend. kjv@Mark:14:14-15; kjv@Luke:22:12) The upper chamber was used more particularly for the lodgment of strangers. kjv@Acts:9:37)



CHAMBERLAIN - C>@ - an officer attached to the court of a king, who formerly had charge of the private apartments or chambers of the palace. He kept the accounts of the public revenues. The office held by Blastus, "the king’s chamberlain," was entirely different from this. kjv@Acts:12:20) It was a post of honor which involved great intimacy and influence with the king. For chamberlain as used in the Old Testament, see EUNUCH