1 Kings 10:18

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold: three pounds of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

19There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Psalms 45:8(45-9) Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Psalms 122:5For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Amos 6:4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:15-29

Solomon's Wealth. ( b. c. 990.) 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put… Read the whole commentary →

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