2 Chronicles 9:18

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:9-9 : 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him? 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.
  • Num 23:24 : 24 Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
  • Num 24:9 : 9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 Then one of the elders said to me,“Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 95%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 17The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 73%

    28The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.

    29On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubim. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 26There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

  • 37Its jambs faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

  • 71%

    35On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

    36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

  • 70%

    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.

  • 70%

    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.

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

    25You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

    26You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.

  • 34Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

  • 1God’s Glory Leaves the Temple As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

  • 31Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

  • 68%

    18It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

    19a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;

  • Exod 30:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

    4You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

  • 25“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

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

  • 6and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

  • 17The ledge is 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. Its steps face east.”

  • 32As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze.

  • 28He plated the cherubim with gold.

  • 6The furnishings included white linen and blue curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

  • 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

  • 32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold.

  • 18You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

  • 2 Chr 4:3-4
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    67%

    3Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    4“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

  • 5Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

  • 20The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple(including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6-7
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    66%

    6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

    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.

  • 4In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.

  • 26Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

  • 46Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.