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1 Kings 10:20

18 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.

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.

21 And 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; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

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.

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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 couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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  • Genesis 49:9

    Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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  • Revelation 5:5

    And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

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  • Numbers 23:24

    Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

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