KJV King James Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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2 Chronicles 9:17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
WEB World English Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
ASV American Standard Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 9
14 Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.
16 And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten gold: three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one 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 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 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.
20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [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 [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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1 Kings 10:18-20Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.Psalm 45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.Revelation 20:11And 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.
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