2 Chronicles 9:17
New International Version
Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

New Living Translation
Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

English Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

King James Bible
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.

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

NASB 1995
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

NASB 1977
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Amplified Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Christian Standard Bible
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

American Standard Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the King made a great throne of ivory and he overlaid it with pure gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.

Contemporary English Version
His throne was made of ivory and covered with pure gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

English Revised Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king also made a large ivory throne and covered 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.

International Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Literal Standard Version
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold;

Majority Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

New American Bible
The king made a large ivory throne, and overlaid it with fine gold.

NET Bible
The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

New Revised Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.

New Heart English Bible
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.

World English Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, 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;

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Context
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 18The 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.…

Cross References
1 Kings 10:18
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 9:16
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

2 Chronicles 9:18
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.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

1 Kings 10:18-20
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold…

Psalm 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

Revelation 20:11
And 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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2 Chronicles 9
1. The queen of sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon
13. Solomon's revenue in gold
15. His targets and shields
17. The throne of ivory
20. His vessels
23. His presents
25. His chariots and horse
26. His tributes
29. His reign and death














(17) Pure.--Tahor, a common word, for the once occurring m-phaz of Kings.

Verses 17-19. - It is not necessary to suppose that the throne was made of solid ivory (Psalm 45:9; Amos 3:15; Amos 6:4), or that the overlaying gold concealed the ivory, whether more or less of it. The parallel adds that "the top of the throne was round behind" (1 Kings 10:19). Comparing also the two accounts, it would appear that there were twelve lions on each side of the throne, i.e. two to each step. When it is said that there were two lions standing by the stays (or, arms) on each side of the sitting-place, we may easily imagine, from ancient modelled thrones, that of them the arms were themselves "no small part." It is remarkable that the parallel does not take cognizance of the footstool. The lion is, of course, as natural a symbol as it is an old one of sovereign power and place; and the use of the lion and the number of them, reminding of the tribes of Israel, were specifically justified to the people, whose oracles contained such words as those in Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9. Josephus tells us that a golden bull supported the seat of the throne. If so, it is remarkable that the statement should be omitted in both of our Old Testament narrations. The dimensions of the throne we might have looked for, but they are not given. That they were well proportioned to the height, marked by six steps, may be taken for granted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Additionally, the king
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

made
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a great
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

throne
כִּסֵּא־ (kis·sê-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of ivory
שֵׁ֖ן (šên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

and overlaid it
וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (way·ṣap·pê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over

with pure
טָהֽוֹר׃ (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2889: Clean, pure

gold.
זָהָ֥ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky


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