2 Chronicles 9:17

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The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:18-20 : 18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
  • Ps 45:8 : 8 All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:17-21
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    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

    18The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

    19There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.

    20There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

    21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

  • 2 Chr 9:18-20
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    85%

    18There 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.

    19There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

    20All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

  • Exod 37:11-13
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    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    12He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

    13He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.

  • 2 Chr 9:15-16
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    78%

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

    16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

  • Exod 37:26-28
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    26He overlaid it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    27He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with.

    28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

  • Exod 37:2-4
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    2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    3He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

    4He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,

  • Exod 25:24
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    24You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-7
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    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • Exod 25:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11You are to overlay it with pure gold– both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

    12You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • 1 Kgs 6:21-22
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    21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

    22He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.

  • Exod 30:3
    73%

    3You are to overlay it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • Song 3:9
    73%

    9King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

  • Exod 37:15-16
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    72%

    15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

    16He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

  • Exod 37:24
    72%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:30
    72%

    30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

  • 1 Kgs 6:28
    72%

    28He plated the cherubim with gold.

  • Exod 36:34
    72%

    34He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
    71%

    7He also made a throne room, called“The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

  • 2 Chr 3:9-10
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    9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

    10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    71%

    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

  • Exod 30:5
    71%

    5You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    70%

    18and for the refined gold of the incense altar.He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the LORD’s covenant.

  • 2 Chr 4:8-9
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    70%

    8He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

    9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

  • Exod 36:36
    70%

    36He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

  • Exod 25:39
    70%

    39About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    69%

    9She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

  • Exod 37:6
    69%

    6He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
    69%

    22the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.