2 Chronicles 9:18

18 There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat *, and two lions standing beside the arms.

2 Chronicles 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:18

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:19).

2 Chronicles 9:18 In-Context

16 He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat , and two lions standing beside the arms.
19 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "hands"
  • [b]. Lit "on this side and on this at the place of the seat"
  • [c]. Lit "hands"
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