In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.
1 Samuel 9:25 - Easy To Read Version {After they finished eating}, they came down from the place for worship [103] and went back to town. Samuel made a bed for Saul on the roof, [104] and Saul went to sleep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel conversed with Saul on the top of the house. American Standard Version (1901) And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop. Common English Bible When they came back from the shrine to the town, a bed was made for Saul on the roof, and he slept. Catholic Public Domain Version And they descended from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul in the upper room. And he set out a bed for Saul in the upper room, and he slept. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they went down from the high place into the town. And he spoke with Saul upon the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the house; and he slept. |
In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.
So the people went out and got those tree branches. Then they built temporary shelters for themselves. They built shelters on their own roofs and in their own yards. And they built shelters in the temple {\cf2\super [47]} yard, in the open place near the Water Gate, and near Ephraim Gate.
‘The houses in Jerusalem will become as “dirty” as this place, Topheth. The kings’ palaces {\cf2\super [161]} will be ruined like this place, Topheth. Why? Because the people worshiped false gods on the roofs of those houses. {\cf2\super [162]} They worshiped the stars and burned sacrifices to honor them. They gave drink offerings to false gods.’”
I tell you these things in the dark (secretly). But I want you to tell these things in the light. I speak these things quietly and only to you. But you should tell these things freely to all people.
People should run away without wasting the time to stop for anything. If a person is on the roof of his house, he must not go down to get things out of his house.
But there were so many people that the men could not find a way to Jesus. So the men went up on the roof and lowered the crippled man down through a hole in the ceiling. They lowered the mat \{into the room\} so that the crippled man was lying before Jesus.
The next day these men came near Joppa. At that time, Peter was going up to the roof to pray. It was about noon.
“When you build a new house, you must build a wall around your roof. [131] Then you will not be guilty for the death of a person that falls from the house.
Early the next morning, Samuel shouted to Saul on the roof. Samuel said, “Get up. I will send you on your way.” Saul got up and went out of the house with Samuel.