2 Chronicles 9:17

And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16and three hundred shields of beaten gold, he applied three hundred [shekels] of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

18and the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold fastened to the throne; and there were arms on each side at the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms;

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Cross References

Psalms 45:8Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 9:14-31

The Magnificence of Solomon; the Death of Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of… Read the whole commentary →

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