There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
Parallel Translations
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There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
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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:
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And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 9:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 49:9-10 Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Numbers 23:24 Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
- Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”
- Revelation 5:5 One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened…
That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened to the throne.
Upon the pommels or knops.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 9:18 And [there were] six steps to the…
2Ch 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:
Ver. 18. And there were six steps.] Haec omnia fuerunt mystica. All about this throne was mystical and significative.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 9:18. With a footstool of gold — This…
2Ch 9:18. With a footstool of gold — This is not mentioned in the parallel passage in 1Ki 10:18, where see the note.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The footstool (not mentioned in Kings) was an essential…
The footstool (not mentioned in Kings) was an essential appendage to an Oriental throne; it appears everywhere in the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian sculptures.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Arms. Protestants, "stays." (Haydock) --- Hebrew in 3 Kings…
CHAPTER IX.
Arms. Protestants, "stays." (Haydock) --- Hebrew in 3 Kings seems clearer and more correct. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. with a footstool of gold, which were fastened…
18. with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne] A quite different detail takes the place of this in 1Ki_10:19, and the top of the throne was round behind. Perhaps both details were found in the original text of Kings.
and stays on each side of the sitting place] R.V. and stays (mg. “arms”) on either side by the place of the seat.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) With a footstool of gold, which were fastened…
(18) With a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne.—Instead of this Kings has, And the throne had a rounded top behind. Although the footstool is a prominent object in Oriental representations of thrones, it is quite possible that our text is due to a corruption of that which appears in Kings, and with which the Syriac here agrees. The LXX. renders, “and six steps to the throne, fastened with gold,” omitting the footstool. The Heb. is at all events suspiciously awkward.
For the remainder of this and the following verse see 1Ki_10:19-20. The chronicler has made two, slight verbal corrections in 2Ch_9:19.
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