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1 Kings 10:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. "
1 Kings 10:19
Verse in Context
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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1 Kings 10:1
"And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions."
1 Kings 10:2
"And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart."
1 Kings 10:3
"And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not."
1 Kings 10:4
"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,"
1 Kings 10:5
"And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her."
1 Kings 10:6
"And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom."
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