KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Kings 10:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
ASV American Standard Version
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
six steps hath the throne, and a round top is to the throne behind it, and hands are on this side and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 10
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.
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.
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.
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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שֵׁ֧שׁH8337 · sheshsixמַעֲל֣וֹתH4609 · ma.a.lahthoughtלַכִּסֵּ֗הH3678 · kis.sethroneוְרֹאשׁ־H7218 · roshheadעָגֹ֤לH5696 · a.golroundלַכִּסֵּה֙H3678 · kis.sethroneמֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יוH310 · a.charafterוְיָדֹ֛תH3027 · yadhandמִזֶּ֥הH2088 · zehthisוּמִזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מְק֣וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַשָּׁ֑בֶתH7675 · she.vetseatוּשְׁנַ֣יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoאֲרָי֔וֹתH738 · a.rilionעֹמְדִ֖יםH5975 · a.madto stand: standאֵ֥צֶלH681 · e.tselbesideהַיָּדֽוֹת׃H3027 · yadhand
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