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Pavilion

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A tent or tabernacle (2 Sam 22:12; 1 Kgs 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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pa-vil'-yun: A covered place, booth, tent, in which a person may be kept hid or secret (cokh, Ps 27:5; cukkah--the usual term--Ps 31:20), or otherwise be withdrawn from view. The term is used with reference to God (2 Sam 22:12; Ps 18:11); to kings drinking in privacy (1 Kgs 20:12; 1 Kgs 20:16); the Revised Version (British and American) gives "pavilion" for the King James Version "tabernacle" in Job 36:29; Isa 4:6; while in Num 25:8 it substitutes this word, with the margin "alcove," for the King James Version "tent" (qubbah), and Jer 43:10, for "royal pavilion" (shaphrur), reads in the margin "glittering pavilion."

James Orr

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).