Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. New Living Translation There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it! English Standard Version while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom. Berean Study Bible Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. New American Standard Bible Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. King James Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom. Holman Christian Standard Bible Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom. International Standard Version Twelve lions were placed on both sides of the six steps leading to the throne, and nothing comparable was made for any other kingdoms. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom. GOD'S WORD® Translation Twelve lions stood on six steps, one on each side. Nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. New American Standard 1977 And twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. Jubilee Bible 2000 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 other kingdom. King James 2000 Bible And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like of it made in any kingdom. American King James Version And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. American Standard Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible And twelve little lions stood upon the six steps on the one side and on the other: there was no such work made in any kingdom. Darby Bible Translation 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. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom. Young's Literal Translation and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this side and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom. Study Bible Solomon's Wealth and Splendor…19The throne had six steps and a rounded top at the back of the throne. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. 20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. 21All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.… Cross References 1 Kings 10:19 The throne had six steps and a rounded top at the back of the throne. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. 1 Kings 10:21 All of King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. Treasury of Scripture And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. lions Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: … Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself … Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall … Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the … the like made [heb] so made Verse 20. - And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other, upon the six steps [It is somewhat doubtful whether there were twelve or fourteen lions in all. Most commentators assume that there were fourteen, and the text will certainly bear that construction. But it is altogether more likely that there were twelve; that is to say, that the two lions on the topmost step are the two mentioned in the preceding verse as "standing beside the stays," otherwise there would have been four lions on that step. And we all know that twelve had a significance such as could not attach to any other number (Bahr, Symbolik, 1:201-205; 2:133, 423). It would signify that all the tribes had an interest in the royal house (cf. 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Samuel 20:1); and a right of approach to the throne (cf. 1 Kings 18:31). The lion, a familiar emblem of sovereignty among many nations, had an especial appropriateness in this case, as being the symbol of the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:9; cf. Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9). We are to see in them partly "symbols of the ruler's authority" (Keil), and partly, perhaps, they represented the twelve tribes as guardians of the throne. "The king mounted between figures of lions to his seat on the throne, and sat between figures of lions upon it" (Wordsworth). Thrones somewhat similar to this in character, but much less magnificent, are represented on the Assyrian monuments. The historian might justly add]: there was not the like made [Heb. not made so] in any kingdom. And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps,.... There was a lion on each side of every step, a symbol of royal power, as before observed; so the Egyptians placed lions under the throne of Orus (r): there was not the like made in any kingdom; for the matter and form of it, for its grandeur and magnificence; there was none at least at that time, whatever has been since; for this is the first throne of ivory we read of. (r) Hori Apoll. Hieroglyph, l. 1. c. 17. 10:14-29 Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of. Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches lessen our esteem of all earthly possessions. If gold in abundance makes silver to be despised, shall not wisdom, and grace, and the foretastes of heaven, which are far better than gold, make gold to be lightly esteemed? See in Solomon's greatness the performance of God's promise, and let it encourage us to seek first the righteousness of God's kingdom. This was he, who, having tasted all earthly enjoyments, wrote a book, to show the vanity of all worldly things, the vexation of spirit that attends them, and the folly of setting our hearts upon them: and to recommend serious godliness, as that which will do unspeakably more to make us happy, that all the wealth and power he was master of; and, through the grace of God, it is within our reach. 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