שֻׁלְחָן₇₁ noun masculine^{Exodus 25:23} table (on form of word compare GFM^l.c.; properly (see above) skin or leather mat spread on ground, see also, on early Semitic 'table,' Thes¹⁴¹⁷ We^{Skizzen iv. 157} RS^{Semitic i. 184; 2nd ed. 201} Kennedy^{Ency. Bib iii. 2991}); — absolute ׳שׁ 1 Samuel 20:34 +; construct שֻׁלְחַן 1 Kings 5:7 +; suffix שֻׁלְחָנִי Judges 1:7 +, etc.; plural שֻׁלְחָנוֺת Isaiah 28:8 +, construct שֻׁלְחֲנוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:16 (twice in verse); —

1 table for king's repast Judges 1:7 (with תַּחַת), 1 Samuel 20:29,34; 2 Samuel 9:11 (read דָּוִד ׳שׁ ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern), 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 19:29; 1 Kings 2:7; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 10:5 2Chronicles 9:4, compare Isaiah 21:5 (with עָרַךְ (q. v.

1c) arrange); with עַל 2 Samuel 9:7,10,11; Daniel 11:27; for governor Nehemiah 5:17 (with עַל).

2 for private use 1 Kings 13:20 (with אֶל), Job 36:16; Psalm 23:5 (figurative, with עָרַךְ), compare Psalm 78:19 (id.), Psalm 128:3, also (in bedroom) 2 Kings 4:10; of revellers Isaiah 28:8, compare Psalm 69:23 (figurative), of wisdom (figurative) Proverbs 9:2.

3 especially Ezekiel, P for sacred uses: in tabernacle Exodus 25:23 17t. 25-40, Numbers 3:31, שֻׁלְחַן הַמָּנִים Numbers 4:7 (compare 2 Chronicles 29:18 below); הַטָּהֹר ׳הַשּׁ Leviticus 24:26 (compare 2 Chronicles 13:11 below); in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:48; 2Chronicles 29:18, also (10 in number) 2 Chronicles 4:8,19; 13:11, compare 1 Chronicles 28:16 (4 t. in verse), also Ezekiel 23:41 (with עָרַךְ); in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:39 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel 40 (8 in number), Ezekiel 40:42 (of stone, 4 in number); like altar Ezekiel 41:22, = altar of burnt-offering Ezekiel 44:16; in second temple, ׳שֻׁלְחַן י Malachi 1:7, אֲדֹנָֻ ׳שׁ Malachi 1:12; for idolatrous meal Isaiah 65:11; figurative of ׳י's sacrificial feast Ezekiel 39:20 (eschatological).