1 Kings 10:18
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
- KJV
- Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
- WEB
- Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
- ASV
- Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
- DARBY
- And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold:
- BLB
- And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he overlaid it with pure gold.
- ÅB
- Kongen lot også gjøre en stor elfenbenstrone og kledde den med rent gull.
- OTB
- Videre konstruerte kongen en stor trone av elfenben og dekket den med raffinert gull.
- B1930
- Kongen lot også gjøre en stor elfenbenstrone og klædde den med rent gull.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Read in contextPsalms 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Read in contextRevelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Read in contextHebrews 1:8
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Read in contextRevelation 18:12
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Read in context1 Kings 22:39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Read in contextAmos 6:4
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Read in contextPsalms 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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