What was the tabernacle of David?

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KJV, Amos 9:

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Strong's Hebrew: 5521. סֻכָּה (sukkah) — 31 Occurrences

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1. thicket, lurking-place of lions
2. booth, rude or temporary shelter, for cattle
3. specifically of booths, made of boughs, in which people lived at harvest-feast

There was another Hebrew word that was translated as "tabernacle", NIV, Exodus 25:

9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

That's the Lord's tabernacle.

Strong's Hebrew: 4908. מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan) — 139 Occurrences

Brown-Driver-Briggs:

1. dwelling-place

James quoted Amos in (KJV) Acts 15:

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

ESV:

After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it.

It is a metaphor for the house of David or the line of David. It was fulfilled by Jesus, the Son of David.

17 that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord.

God restored the house of David by Jesus so that the Gentiles would know God.