2 Chronicles 9:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The throne had six steps, and a gold footstool was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with two lions standing beside the armrests.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, with armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and the seate had sixe steppes, and a fotestole of golde festened vnto the seate, and it had two leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the seate,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the throne had sixe steppes, with a footestoole of gold fastened to the throne, and stayes on either side on the place of the seate, and two lyons standing by the stayes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And there were sixe steps to the seate, with a footestoole of golde fastened to the seate: and pommels on eche syde of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the pommels.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and six steps `are' to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands `are' on this `side' and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    There 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:9-9 : 9 'Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stoops down, he crouches like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? 10 'The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come, and the obedience of the peoples shall be his.'
  • Num 23:24 : 24 'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'
  • Num 24:9 : 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed and is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 10:18-20
    3 verses
    95%

    18The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

    19The throne had six steps, and its back was rounded at the top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with two lions standing beside the armrests.

    20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one on each side of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:19
    90%

    19Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at each end of a step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:17
    85%

    17The king made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28This is how the stands were constructed: they had panels enclosed within frames.

    29On the panels between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

  • Exod 37:3
    73%

    3He cast four gold rings for it and placed them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • Exod 25:12
    72%

    12Cast four gold rings for it and attach them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other.

  • Ezek 40:26
    72%

    26Its staircase had seven steps, leading up to it, and its porches were in front of them. It also had palm tree decorations, one on each side of its posts.

  • Ezek 40:37
    71%

    37Its porch faced the outer courtyard, with palm tree decorations on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

  • 1 Kgs 7:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35At the top of the stand was a circular band half a cubit high, and the top of the stand had its supports and frames crafted as part of it.

    36He adorned the panels of the stand and its frames with engravings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees according to the space on each, with wreaths surrounding them.

  • Exod 37:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and he made a gold molding to surround it.

    27He made two gold rings for it below the molding on its two sides, on opposite sides, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry it.

  • Exod 37:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

    12He made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and added a gold molding to the rim.

    13He cast four gold rings for the table and attached the rings to the four corners of its legs.

  • Exod 25:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.

    25Make a rim a handbreadth wide around it, and put a gold border on the rim.

    26Make four gold rings for it and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

  • Ezek 40:34
    70%

    34Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm tree decorations were on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

  • Ezek 10:1
    70%

    1I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them.

  • Ezek 40:31
    69%

    31Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and palm tree decorations adorned its posts. Eight steps led up to it.

  • Ezek 41:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18It was decorated with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces.

    19One face of a human looked toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward the palm tree on the other side. These carvings were made all around the temple.

  • Exod 30:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3You shall overlay it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and you shall make a gold border around it.

    4You shall make two gold rings for it under its border on its two sides. Place them on each side to hold the poles for carrying it.

  • 1 Kgs 7:25
    68%

    25The basin rested on twelve bronze oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, and three east; the basin sat on their backs, and all their hind parts were turned inward.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    67%

    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.

  • Rev 4:6
    67%

    6Before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the middle of the throne and around it were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

  • Ezek 43:17
    67%

    17The ledge around the altar is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, square at its four sides, with a rim half a cubit high and a gutter of one cubit all around. Its steps face east.

  • Dan 2:32
    67%

    32The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 6:28
    67%

    28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

  • Esth 1:6
    67%

    6The garden was decorated with fine white and blue linen fastened with cords of linen and purple material to silver rods on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

  • 1 Kgs 6:23
    67%

    23In the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:32
    67%

    32The two doors were made of olive wood, and he carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread the gold over the cherubim and the palm trees.

  • Exod 25:18
    67%

    18Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

  • 2 Chr 4:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3Below the rim, he placed figures of oxen encircling it, ten to a cubit, arranged in two rows, cast as part of the basin itself.

    4The basin stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea basin rested on them, and all their hindquarters faced inward.

  • Ps 122:5
    67%

    5For there are seats of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

  • Jer 52:20
    67%

    20The weight of the two bronze pillars, the bronze sea, the twelve bronze oxen underneath it, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, was beyond calculation.

  • 2 Chr 4:8
    67%

    8He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left, and he made a hundred gold bowls.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    67%

    18Furthermore, he designated the refined gold for the altar of incense and for the design of the chariot—that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and cover the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6-7
    2 verses
    66%

    6He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.

    7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.

  • Rev 4:4
    66%

    4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon these thrones sat twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments and wearing golden crowns on their heads.

  • 1 Kgs 6:26
    66%

    26The height of the first cherub was ten cubits, and so was the height of the second cherub.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    66%

    46Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.