'Table' in the Bible

He took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

the table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;

Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high.

Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold.

the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;

You shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps.

Then he put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.

Now their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them;

Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it.

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

for he said, ‘Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him.

David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.”

You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

For all my father’s household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?”

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the Lord: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back;

Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”

and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables;

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, she was breathless.

Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed the whole house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils.

Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;You have anointed my head with oil;My cup overflows.

May their table before them become a snare;And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Then they spoke against God;They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vineWithin your house,Your children like olive plantsAround your table.

She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine;She has also set her table;

“While the king was at his table,My perfume gave forth its fragrance.

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”

“But you who forsake the Lord,Who forget My holy mountain,Who set a table for Fortune,And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny,

and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,” declares the Lord God.

The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

“They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge.

As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.

You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is to be despised.’

“But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’

I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume,

Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table.

Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.

But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.

And David says,“Let their table become a snare and a trap,And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place.