1 Kings 10:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

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  • Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
  • Num 23:24 : 24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.
  • Num 24:9 : 9 He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.

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  • 2 Chr 9:16-20
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    96%

    16And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

    17Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

    18There were six steps up to it, and a foot-rest of gold fixed to it, and arms on the two sides of the seat, with two lions at the side of the arms.

    19And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

    20All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:16-19
    4 verses
    89%

    16And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    17And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

    18Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

    19There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the two sides of the seat, and two lions by the side of the arms;

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-23
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    78%

    21And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 7:28-29
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    74%

    28And the bases were made in this way; their sides were square, fixed in a framework;

    29And on the square sides between the frames were lions, oxen, and winged ones; and the same on the frame; and over and under the lions and the oxen and the winged ones were steps.

  • Jer 52:20
    73%

    20The two pillars, the great water-vessel, and the twelve brass oxen which were under it, and the ten wheeled bases, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 1 Kgs 7:36-37
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    36In the spaces of the flat sides and on the frames of them, he made designs of winged ones, lions, and palm-trees, with ornamented edges all round.

    37All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
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    16The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • Ezek 40:26
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    26And there were seven steps up to it, and its covered way went inside: and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that, on its uprights.

  • 1 Kgs 7:44
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    44And the great water-vessel, with the twelve oxen under it;

  • 2 Chr 4:15
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    15The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.

  • Prov 30:30
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    30The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

  • Exod 25:12
    70%

    12And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

  • 1 Kgs 7:24-25
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    70%

    24And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.

    25It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.

  • Exod 37:3
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    3And he made four gold rings for its four angles, two on one side and two on the other,

  • Ezek 41:19
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    19So that there was the face of a man turned to the palm-tree on one side, and the face of a young lion on the other side: so it was made all round the house.

  • Song 3:9-10
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    9King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

    10He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

  • Nah 2:11
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    11Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

  • 1 Kgs 10:12
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    12And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

  • 2 Chr 4:7-8
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    69%

    7And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

    8He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.

  • Ezek 40:37
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    37Its uprights were on the side nearest to the outer square; there were palm-trees on the uprights, on this side and on that: and there were eight steps going up to it.

  • Exod 37:26
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    26The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

  • Ezek 10:1
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    1Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
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    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

  • 1 Chr 29:25
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    25And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
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    7Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

  • Job 28:8
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    8The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

  • Ezek 40:34
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    34And the covered way was on the side nearest the outer square; there were palm-trees on the uprights, on this side and on that: and there were eight steps going up to it.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

  • Exod 37:11-13
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    68%

    11Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.

    12And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.

    13And he made four gold rings, and put the rings at the angles of its four feet.

  • 2 Chr 4:3
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    3And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.

  • 2 Chr 9:11
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    11And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.