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1 Kings 10:20

18 Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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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.

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BSB
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
KJV
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.
WEB
Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. Nothing like it was made in any kingdom.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And twelve lions stood there on the six steps, on this side and on this side. Nothing had been made like [this] for any kingdoms.
ÅB
og på begge sider av de seks trinn sto det tolv løver. Noe slikt har aldri vært gjort i noe annet kongerike.
OTB
Tolv løver sto der på de seks trinnene, en på hver side; ingenting lignende ble laget for noe annet rike.
B1930
og på begge sider av de seks trin stod det tolv løver. Noget sådant har aldri vært gjort i noget annet kongerike.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 24:9

    He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

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  • Genesis 49:9

    Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

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  • Revelation 5:5

    Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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  • Numbers 23:24

    Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

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