pavilion Summary and Overview

a tent or tabernacle (2 Sam. 22:12; 1 Kings 20:12-16), or enclosure (Ps. 18:11; 27:5). In Jer. 43:10 it probably denotes the canopy suspended over the judgement-seat of the king.

a temporary movable tent or habitation. 1. Soc, properly an enclosed place, also rendered "tabernacle," "covert" and "den;" once only "pavilion." #Ps 27:5| (Among the Egyptians pavilions were built in a similar style to houses, though on a smaller scale in various parts of the country, and in the foreign districts through which the Egyptian armies passed, for the use of the king --Wilkinson.) 2. Succah, Usually "tabernacle" and "booth." 3. Shaphrur and shaphrir, a word used once only, in #Jer 49:10| to signify glory or splendor, and hence probably to be understood of the splendid covering of the royal throne.

PAVIL'ION , a small movable tabernacle or tent, chiefly used for a king, prince, or general. 1 Kgs 20:12-16; Jer 43:10. The Psalmist sublimely describes Jehovah as surrounding himself with dark waters and thick clouds of the skies as with a tent or pavilion. Ps 18:11.

Psalm 27:5, sok; Psalm 18:11; Psalm 31:20, a spiritual pavilion, namely, Jehovah's favor and protection; explained in the parallel, "the secret of Thy presence"; none have access to an eastern king's pavilion in the "inner court" save those he admits (Esther 4:11). Thus to be "kept secretly" in Jehovah's pavilion is to be in His most intimate confidence, and so perfectly secure, to be of His "hidden ones" (Psalm 83:3; 1 Kings 20:16; 2 Samuel 22:12). Sukkah, sukkot. In Jeremiah 43:10 shaphrur, "Nebuchadnezzar shall spread his royal pavilion (literally, rich ornamental tapestry hanging from above round the throne) over these stones."