Babylonish Garment
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Babylonish Garment ( ’addereth Shin’âr ). Stolen by Achan ( Joshua 7:21 ); literally ‘mantle of Shinar’; probably a cloak of embroidered stuff. Babylonia was famous in classical times for such costly garments, and the sculptures exhibit the most elaborately embroidered dresses. The Babylonian inscriptions enumerate an almost endless variety of such garments, worked in many colours.
C. H. W. Johns.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( אִדֶּרֶת שַׁנְעָד , Adde'Reth Shinar'; Sept. Ψιλὴ Ποικίλη , Vulg. Pallium Coccineum ) , a Babylonish Mantle, (See Attire), i.e. a large rote variegated with the figures of men and animals interwoven in rich colors (comp. Pliny, Hist.Nat. 8:48), such as were fabricated at Babylon (q.v.); hence a valuable piece of clothing in general ( Joshua 7:21). (See Embroidery).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
bab - i - lÅ´nish gar´ment : In the King James Version, Joshua 7:21 , for Babylonish Mantle .
