1 Kings 10:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֥ב מוּפָֽז׃

Transliteration

Wa-yaʿas the melek kise-shen gadol; wa-yetsapehu zahav mufaz.

Grammar Details

*wa-yaʿas*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he made
*melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
*kise*: noun, masculine, singular construct - throne of
*shen*: noun, common, singular - ivory
*gadol*: adjective, masculine, singular - great/large
*wa-yetsapehu*: Piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he overlaid it
*zahav*: noun, masculine, singular - gold
*mufaz*: Hophal participle, masculine singular - refined

Word Meanings

*shen*: ivory/tooth
*yetsapehu*: overlaid it/covered it/plated it
*mufaz*: refined/purified/best

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Ps 45:8 : 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad{H8765)}.
1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
1 Kgs 22:39 : 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Chr 9:17-19 : 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 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: 19 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.
Ps 45:6 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Amos 6:4 : 4 That 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;
Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Heb 1:8 : 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Rev 18:12 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 9:16-20
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16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18And 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:
19And 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.
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19The 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.
20And 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.
21And 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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16And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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Exod 37:11-12
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11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
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