‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil – a girl or two for each warrior, the spoil of coloured garments for Sisera, the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck? ’
The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Amnon’s servant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a long-sleeved robe, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
The gate of the courtyard is to have a 9-metre screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts and their four bases.