Giudici 3:25

La Nuova Diodati

E aspettarono tanto da essere confusi; ma poich non apriva le porte della sala essi presero la chiave ed aprirono; ed ecco che il loro signore giaceva a terra, morto.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
E tanto aspettarono, che ne furon confusi; e com’egli non apriva le porte della sala, quelli presero la chiave, aprirono, ed ecco che il loro signore era steso per terra, morto.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
E tanto aspettarono che ne furono confusi; ed ecco, egli non apriva le porte della sala; laonde presero la chiave, e l’apersero; ed ecco, il lor signore giaceva in terra morto.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they tarried until they were ashamed,.... And knew not what to think of it, or what methods to take to be satisfied of the truth of the matter, and what should be the meaning of the doors being kept locked so long:

and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; this was what surprised them, and threw them into this confusion of mind, that they knew not what course to take for fear of incurring the king's displeasure, and yet wondered the doors were not opened for so long a time:

therefore they took a key and opened [them]; this is the first time we read of a key, which only signifies something to open with; and the keys of the ancients were different from those of ours; they were somewhat like a crooked sickle i, which they put in through a hole in the door, and with it could draw on or draw back a bolt, and so could lock or unlock with inside, see Song of Solomon 5:4; and at this day the keys in the eastern countries are unlike ours. Chardin k says, that a lock among the eastern people is like a little harrow, which enters half way into a wooden staple, and the key is a wooden handle with points at the end of it, which are pushed into the staple, and so raise this little harrow:

and, behold, their lord [was] fallen dead on the earth; lay prostrate on the floor of the parlour, dead.

i κληιδ' ευκαμπεα, Homer. Odyss. 21. ver. 6. & Eustathius in ib. k Apud Calmet's Dictionary, on the word "Key".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A key - literally, “an opener.” Probably a wooden instrument with which they either lifted up the latch within, or drew back the wooden bar or bolt. The chief officer of Eglon’s household probably had a second key (compare Isaiah 22:15, Isaiah 22:20-22; Isaiah 37:2).