KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Chronicles 9:18
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:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
WEB World English Bible
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
ASV American Standard Version
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and six steps are to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands are on this side and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 9
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.
21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשֵׁ֣שׁH8337 · sheshsixמַעֲל֣וֹתH4609 · ma.a.lahthoughtלַ֠כִּסֵּאH3678 · kis.sethroneוְכֶ֨בֶשׁH3534 · ke.veshfootstoolבַּזָּהָ֤בH2091 · za.havgoldלַכִּסֵּא֙H3678 · kis.sethroneמָאֳחָזִ֔יםH270 · a.chazto graspוְיָד֛וֹתH3027 · yadhandמִזֶּ֥הH2088 · zehthisוּמִזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisעַל־H5921 · aluponמְק֣וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַשָּׁ֑בֶתH7675 · she.vetseatוּשְׁנַ֣יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoאֲרָי֔וֹתH738 · a.rilionעֹמְדִ֖יםH5975 · a.madto stand: standאֵ֥צֶלH681 · e.tselbesideהַיָּדֽוֹת׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Numbers 23:24Behold, 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.Revelation 5:5And 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.Genesis 49:9-10Judah [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?Numbers 24:9He 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.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 2 Chronicles 9:18
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →