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Literal Standard Version
2 Chronicles 9:17
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold;
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Christian Standard Bible®
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
Hebrew Names 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.
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.
English Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
New Century Version
The king built a large throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.
The king built a large throne of ivory and covered it with pure 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
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 American Standard Bible
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.
World English Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid it with pure golde.
And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid it with pure golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
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.
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 great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Darby Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure 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 pure gold.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Good News Translation
The king also had a large throne made. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest of it was covered with pure gold.
The king also had a large throne made. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest of it was covered with pure gold.
Lexham English Bible
And the king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
And the king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
Literal Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold;
And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery, and ouerlaied it with pure golde:
And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery, and ouerlaied it with pure golde:
American Standard 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.
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 yuory, & ouerlayde it with pure golde.
And the king made a great seate of yuory, & ouerlayde it with pure golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer the king made a great throne of yuorie, and ouerlaid it with pure gold.
Moreouer the king made a great throne of yuorie, and ouerlaid it with pure gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.
English Revised 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the kyng made a greet seete of yuer, and clothide it with clennest gold;
Also the kyng made a greet seete of yuer, and clothide it with clennest gold;
Update Bible 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 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 pure gold.
Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.
New Life Bible
The king made a great throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.
The king made a great throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.
New Revised Standard
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king made a great throne of ivory, - and overlaid it with pure gold;
And the king made a great throne of ivory, - and overlaid it with pure gold;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Revised Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
THE MESSAGE
The king made a massive throne of ivory with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it with an attached footstool of gold. 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 other kingdom.
The king made a massive throne of ivory with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it with an attached footstool of gold. 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 other kingdom.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Contextual Overview
13And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14apart from [what] the tourists and the merchants are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon. 15And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—he causes six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold to go up on the one buckler; 16and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—he causes three hundred [shekels] of gold to go up on the one shield, and the king puts them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold;18and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, [and] they are fastened to the throne; and [places for] hands [are] on this [side] and on that [side] on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, 19and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side] and on that [side]: it has not been made so for any kingdom. 20And 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—silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything; 21for ships of the king are going to Tarshish with servants of Huram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come carrying gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks [[or monkeys]]. 22And King Solomon becomes greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Kings 10:18-20, Psalms 45:8, Revelation 20:11
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Chronicles 9:17. Made a great throne of ivory — For a very curious description of the throne of Solomon, see at the end of the chapter. 2 Chronicles 9:29.
