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1. a. of king = throne 1 Mos 41,40 (E), 2 Mos 11,5; 2 Mos 12,29 (both J) 1 Kong 2,19; Es 47,1; Ezk 26,16 of queen-mother 1 Kong 2,19 b; מַלְכוּתוֺ ׳כ Est 5,1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zak 6,13 a (in v^b read עליֿמינו ᵐ5 Sta^{ZAW 1881, 10}); of dead kings in She'ôl Es 14,9 ׳נָתַן כ, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Jeremiah) is a sign of conquest (Jer 1,15); so ׳שִׂים כּ Jer 43,10, and (of ׳י) Jer 49,38 in Dom 3,20, though of king, not seat of office; 12 t. elsewhere, literal
\ \ b. throne of ׳י (אלהים) as heavenly king, Es 6,1; Ezk 1,26 (twice in verse); Ezk 10,1; 1 Kong 22,19 = 2 Kron 18,18; Job 26,9; Sl 11,4; Es 66,1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment Sl 9,5; Sl 9,8 in oath יָד עַלכּכֵּס יָהּ 2 Mos 17,16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; ᵐ5 κρυφαία √ כסה, favours כס); Jerusalem called throne of ׳י Jer 3,17, so the sanctuary Jer 17,12 (כָּבוֺד מָרוֺם ׳כ), Ezk 43,7.

2. of high priest 1 Sam 1,9; 1 Sam 4,13; 1 Sam 4,18 of honoured guest 2 Kong 4,10 of governor Neh 3,7 of (unjust) judge הַוּוֺת ׳כ Sl 94,20 = conspicuous seat (literally) Ord 9,14 = seat of distinction, explicitly כָּבוֺד ׳כ Es 22,23 ׳כ alone 2 Kong 25,28 (twice in verse) = Jer 52,32 (twice in verse); Est 3,1.

3. a. figurative = royal dignity, authority, power, הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֺ נָקִי 2 Sam 14,9 ׳לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֺ וּלְבֵיתוֺ וּלְכ 1 Kong 2,33 especially kingdom, with verbs of setting up, establishing, ׳י subject, דָוִד ׳הֵקִים כ 2 Sam 3,10, כִסְאֲךָוּבָנִיתִי Sl 89,5, so with שִׂים vSl 89,30 king subject, בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֺסָעַד Ord 20,28 passive דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכִון ׳כ 1 Kong 2,45 the throne of David shall be established, compare 2 Sam 7,16 = 1 Kron 17,14 ׳וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ Es 16,5 (of Messianic reign); so (in general) ׳בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֺן כ Ord 16,12, compare Ord 25,5; Ord 29,14 intransitive (with הָיָה) Sl 89,37 more fully, ׳י subject, מַמְלַכְתּוֺ ׳וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶתכֿ 2 Sam 7,13 (כֹּנֵן כסאו in || 1 Kron 17,12), מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַֿ ׳יִשְׂרָאֵלוַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶתכֿ 1 Kong 9,5, compare || 2 Kron 7,18 and ׳וַהֲכִינוֺתִי כ <Times New Roman>מַלְכוּתוֺ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל 1 Kron 22,10 also ׳מגּר כ Sl 89,45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations ׳מַמְלָכוֺתוְהָפַכְתִּי כ Hag 2,22 ׳יָשַׁב עלכֿ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 Kong 1,13; 1 Kong 1,17; 1 Kong 1,20; 1 Kong 1,24; 1 Kong 1,27; 1 Kong 1,30; 1 Kong 1,35; 1 Kong 1,48; 1 Kong 2,12; 1 Kong 3,6; 2 Kong 13,13, especially Jer 13,13; Jer 17,25; Jer 22,2 + 5 t. Jeremiah; לָ֑ךְ ׳ֵ˜ישְׁבוּ לְכ Sl 132,12 more fully 1 Kron 29,23 causative ׳הוֺשִׁיב עלכֿ 1 Kong 2,24; 1 Kong 5,19; 2 Kong 10,3 ׳הֹשִׁיב לַכּ figurative Job 36,7, of placing in honour; לָ֑ךְ ׳מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכ Sl 132,11 ישׁב׳עלכֿ also = take one's seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1 Kong 16,11, often sit on the throne of Israel 1 Kong 8,20; 1 Kong 8,25 = 2 Kron 6,10; 2 Kron 6,16; 1 Kong 10,9; 2 Kong 10,30; 2 Kong 15,12; Jer 33,17 without ישׁב 1 Kong 2,4; 1 Kong 9,5, compare also Es 9,6 (Messiah); ישׁב עלכֿסא מַמְלַכְתּוֺ 5 Mos 17,18, עלכֿסא הַמְּלוּכָה 1 Kong 1,46, and even עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵללָשֶׁבֶת ׳עַלכִּֿסֵּא מַלְכוּת י 1 Kron 28,5 also הַמְּלָכִים ישׁב ׳עַלכֿ 2 Kong 11,19, || הַמַּמְלָכָה ׳כ 2 Kron 23,30 of (royal) throne as judgment seat Ord 20,8, compare also Sl 122,5 set one upon the throne of Israel ׳ישׂ ׳עלכֿ ׳נתן פ 1 Kong 10,9 compare || 2 Kron 9,8 in comparative sentence ׳יְגַדֵּל אֶתכִּֿסְאוֺ מִכּ, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 Kong 1,37, compare v1 Kong 1,47 of king of Babylon, מִמַּעַל לְכוֺכְבֵיאֵֿל אָרִים כִּסְאִי Es 14,13. In Sl 45,7 ׳כִּסְאֲךָ אלהים וגו the text is probably corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert הקימונכונה יסודתו thy throne [its foundation is firmly fixed], God [has established it]; see further Dr^{§ 194, Obs..}
\ \ b. throne of ׳(אלהים) י = his royal dignity, sovereign, Klg 5,19; Sl 93,2; Sl 103,19 (׳הֵכִין כ; || מַלְכוּת); כְבוֺדֶ֑ךָ ׳כ Jer 14,21 קָדְשׁוֺ ׳יָשַׁב עַלכֿ Sl 47,9 צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֺן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ Sl 89,15 compare Sl 97,2.