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Literal Standard Version
1 Kings 10:18
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with refined gold;
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Christian Standard Bible®
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with fine gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Amplified Bible
Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with fine gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
Contextual Overview
14And the weight of the gold that has come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, 15apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land. 16And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—six hundred [shekels] of gold go up on the one buckler; 17and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king puts them [in] the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 18And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with refined gold;19the throne has six steps, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, to the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, 20and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it has not been made so for any kingdom. 21And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold—there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything, 22for the king has a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years the navy of Tarshish comes, carrying gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks [[or monkeys]]. 23And King Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for 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,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
Genesis 10:17
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Numbers 34:8
from Mount Hor you mark out to go to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad;
from Mount Hor you mark out to go to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad;
Joshua 18:22
and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,
and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,
2 Samuel 8:9
And Toi king of Hamath hears that David has struck all the force of Hadadezer,
And Toi king of Hamath hears that David has struck all the force of Hadadezer,
2 Kings 17:24
And the king of Asshur brings in [people] from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causes [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;
And the king of Asshur brings in [people] from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causes [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;
2 Kings 17:30
And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,
And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,
2 Chronicles 13:4
And Abijah rises up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and says, "Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
And Abijah rises up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and says, "Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
Ezekiel 27:8
Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad have been rowers for you, || Your wise men, O Tyre, have been in you, || They [are] your pilots.
Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad have been rowers for you, || Your wise men, O Tyre, have been in you, || They [are] 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.
