Bible Dictionaries
Pavilion

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Psalms 27:5, sok; Psalms 18:11; Psalms 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" (Psalms 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."

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Pavilion'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​p/pavilion.html. 1949.