Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed - not literally, but virtually: I will come into my house as though I did not come into it, and go up into my bed as though I did not go into it, I shall regard myself as without a hence and bed, giving myself no settled rest until I find a resting place for the ark of Yahweh (2 Samuel 6:1-23; 2 Samuel 7:2; cf. 1 Corinthians 7:29-30). On account this his restless state, he calls his "house" a "tabernacle" or tent. Beds were generally placed on ascent at the end of the chamber, and were approached by several steps.