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1 Kings 10:18

Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ivory;   King;   Solomon;   Throne;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ivory;   Nation, the;   Thrones;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gold;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Sabeans;   Throne;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - King;   Solomon;   Throne;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Solomon;   Throne;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Commerce;   Ivory;   Mizpah;   Phoenice;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - House of the Forest of Lebanon;   Ivory;   Palace;   Uphaz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Israel;   Ivory;   Sheba, Queen of;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ivory;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gold;   Ivory;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Best;   Forest;   Gold;   Ivory;   King;   Solomon;   Temple;   Throne;   Tower of Ivory;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - King;   Metals;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with fine gold.
Hebrew Names Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
King James Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
English Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.
New Century Version
The king built a large throne of ivory and covered it with fine gold.
New English Translation
The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with fine gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
Contemporary English Version
His throne was made of ivory and covered with pure gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king also made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Darby Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold:
Easy-to-Read Version
King Solomon also built a large throne with ivory decorations. It was covered with pure gold.
George Lamsa Translation
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with gold from Ophir.
Good News Translation
He also had a large throne made. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest of it was covered with the finest gold.
Lexham English Bible
The king also made a large ivory throne, and he overlaid it with fine gold.
Literal Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery, and ouerlayed it with ye most precious golde.
American Standard Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Bible in Basic English
Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king made a great seate of iuorie, and couered it with the best golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer the king made a great throne of yuorie, and ouerlaide it with the best gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
English Revised Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also kyng Salomon made a greet trone of yuer, and clothide it with ful fyn gold;
Young's Literal Translation
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;
Update Bible Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
World English Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
New King James Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
New Living Translation
Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
New Life Bible
Then the king made a large throne of ivory and covered it with fine gold.
New Revised Standard
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king made a great throne of ivory, - and overlaid it with gold from Uphaz.
Douay-Rheims Bible
King Solomon also made a great throne of ivory: and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Revised Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
THE MESSAGE
The king built a massive throne of ivory accented with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it, its back shaped like an arch. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions. Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any of the surrounding kingdoms.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

Contextual Overview

14Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 15besides the taxes from the traders and from the wares of the merchants, and [the tribute money] from all the kings of the Arabs (Bedouins) and the governors of the country. 16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. 17He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon [the king's armory]. 18Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.19The throne had six steps, and a round top was attached to the throne from the back. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 20Twelve lions stood there, one on either end of each of the six steps; there was nothing like it made for any other kingdom. 21All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. 22For the king had at sea the [large cargo] ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks. 23So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a great throne: 2 Chronicles 9:17-19, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 122:5, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 1:8, Revelation 20:11

ivory: 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 22:39, Psalms 45:8, Ezekiel 27:6, Amos 6:4, Revelation 18:12

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:7 - for the throne Esther 5:1 - sat Song of Solomon 7:4 - ivory

Cross-References

Genesis 10:16
and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
Genesis 10:17
and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite
Numbers 34:8
from Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad;
Joshua 18:22
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,
2 Samuel 8:9
When Toi king of Hamath heard about David's defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,
2 Kings 17:24
The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons (people) of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
2 Kings 17:30
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
2 Chronicles 13:4
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
Isaiah 10:9
"Is not Calno [conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? Is not Hamath [subdued] like Arpad [her neighbor]? Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Aram]?
Ezekiel 27:8
"The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; Your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were with you; they were your pilots.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory,.... To sit on and judge his people; and ivory being white, may denote the purity, justice, and equity with which he judged; the white throne in Revelation 20:11 may be an allusion to this; the ivory he had from Tarshish, 1 Kings 10:22

and overlaid it with the best gold; for the greater splendour and majesty of it; not that he covered it all over, for then the ivory would not be seen, but interlined it, or studded it with it, whereby it appeared the more beautiful and magnificent. Such a throne of gold and ivory was decreed to Caesar by the Romans p.

p Appian. Alex. l. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is, on the whole, probable that the substance of the throne was wood, and that the ivory, cut into thin slabs, and probably carved in patterns, was applied externally as a veneer. This is found to have been the practice in Assyria. The gold was probably not placed over the ivory, but covered other parts of the throne.


 
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