1. Amos 9:11 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is David’s fallen booth?

Amos 9:11 (ESV)

11 “In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old,

The tent (or booth) of David suggests the coming of a messianic age. Israel is promised deliverance under the banner of David, a reference to the coming messianic Davidic king who will establish a universal dominion (Zechariah 9:9–10).1