Verse 17

2 Chronicles 9:17

Darby Translation

17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַ/יְצַפֵּ֖/הוּ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר
English Translation
And the king made a great throne and covered it with pure gold.
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Chapter 9 Context
1 And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, and came to Jerusalem to prove Solomon with eni... Focus ↗
2 And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he... Focus ↗
3 And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, Focus ↗
4 and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his atten... Focus ↗
5 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine affairs and of... Focus ↗
6 but I gave no credit to their words, until I came and mine eyes had seen; and behold, the half of th... Focus ↗
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and hear thy... Focus ↗
8 Blessed be Jehovah thy God (Elohim), who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king to... Focus ↗
9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and... Focus ↗
10 (And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought s... Focus ↗
11 And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and... Focus ↗
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what she had... Focus ↗
13 And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gol... Focus ↗
14 besides [what] dealers and merchants brought, and [what] all the kings of Arabia and the governors o... Focus ↗
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, he applied six hundred [shekels] of beaten... Focus ↗
16 and three hundred shields of beaten gold, he applied three hundred [shekels] of gold to one shield;... Focus ↗
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;
18 and the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold fastened to the throne; and there were arms o... Focus ↗
19 and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the... Focus ↗
20 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest... Focus ↗
21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once in three years came the ships... Focus ↗
22 And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. Focus ↗
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God (Elohim... Focus ↗
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing, armour,... Focus ↗
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he p... Focus ↗
26 And he ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines, and up to the... Focus ↗
27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the... Focus ↗
28 And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. Focus ↗
29 And the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the... Focus ↗
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. Focus ↗
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboa... Focus ↗