It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop. — Though there exposed to all the storms of heaven. The flat tops of houses were, in the East, used for exercise (2 Samuel 11:2), sleeping, (1 Samuel 9:26), devotion (Acts 10:9), and various domestic purposes (Joshua 2:6).
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Proverbs 21:9
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawlingb woman in a wide house.