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footstool

FOOTSTOOL (Heb. kebesh, sometimes "trodden" upon).

An article of furniture used to support the feet when sitting in state, as upon a throne (2 Chr. 9:18).

The divine glory that resided symbolically between the cherubim above the Ark of the Covenant is supposed to use the Ark as a footstool (1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7).

The earth is called God's footstool by the same expressive figure that represents heaven as His throne (ps 110:1; Is 66:1; Mt 5:35>.