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The physical appearance of the “throne” manifested the glory of the king. Solomon’s
“throne” was an artistic product with ivory inlays, the wood covered with a layer of fine
gold (1 Kings 10:18).
The word
was also used to represent “kingship” and the succession to the
throne. David had sworn that Solomon would sit on his “throne” (1 Kings 1:13; cf. 2
Kings 10:3).
Above all human kingship and “thrones” was the God of Israel: “God reigneth over
the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness” (Ps. 47:8). The Israelites viewed
God as the ruler who was seated on a “throne.” Micaiah said in the presence of Ahab and
Jehoshaphat: “Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left” (1
Kings 22:19). Isaiah received a vision of God’s glory revealed in the temple (Isa. 6:1).
The presence of the Lord in Jerusalem also gave rise to the conception that Jerusalem was
the throne of God (Jer. 3:17).
The Septuagint translation is
(“throne; dominion; sovereignty”).
TIME
A. Noun.
(
"
, 6256), “time; period of time; appointed time; proper time; season.” This
word also appears in Phoenician, post-biblical Hebrew, Arabic (where the same radicals
constitute a verb signifying “to appear”), and Akkadian (where these radicals form an
adverb signifying “at the time when”).
,
appears about 290 times in the Bible and in all
periods.
Basically this noun connotes “time” conceived as an opportunity or season. First, the
word signifies an appointed, fixed, and set time or period. This is what astrologers
claimed to discern: “Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times …” (Esth.
1:13). God alone, however, knows and reveals such “appointed times”: “… In the time of
their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord” (Jer. 8:12).
This noun also is used of the concept “proper or appropriate time.” This nuance is
applied to the “time” God has appointed for one to die: “Be not over much wicked,
neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?” (Eccl. 7:17). It is used
of the “appropriate or suitable time” for a given activity in life: “He hath made every
thing beautiful in his time …” (Eccl. 3:11; cf. Ps. 104:27). Finally, the “appropriate time”
for divine judgment is represented by
&
“It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have
made void thy law” (Ps. 119:126).
A third use connotes “season,” or a regular fixed period of time such as springtime:
“And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah
thy wife shall have a son” (Gen. 18:10). Similarly, the word is used of the rainy “season”
(Ezra 10:13), the harvest “time” (Jer. 50:16), the migratory “period” (Jer. 8:7), and the
mating “season” (Gen. 31:10).
This noun also is applied to differing “extensions of time.” In its first biblical
appearance, for example, represents the “time” (period of the day) when the sun is
setting: “And the dove came in to him in the evening [literally, time of the evening] …”
(Gen. 8:11). The word is used of special occasions such as the birth of a child (Mic. 5:3)
and of periods during which certain conditions persist (Exod. 18:22; Dan. 12:11).