2 Chronicles 9:17
New International Version
Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

New Living Translation
Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.

English Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

King James Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

New King James Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

NASB 1995
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

NASB 1977
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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

Christian Standard Bible
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

American Standard Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Contemporary English Version
His throne was made of ivory and covered with pure gold.

English Revised Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king also made a large ivory throne and covered it with pure gold.

Good News Translation
The king also had a large throne made. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest of it was covered with pure gold.

International Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Majority Standard Bible
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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

New Heart English Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

World English Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold;

Young's Literal Translation
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the king will make a great throne of ivory, and he will overlay it with pure gold.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Also, the king made a great ivory throne, and he clothed it with the purest gold.

New American Bible
The king made a large ivory throne, and overlaid it with fine gold.

New Revised Standard Version
The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the King made a great throne of ivory and he overlaid it with pure gold.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.

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Context
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 18The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.…

Cross References
1 Kings 10:18-20
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. / The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. / Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

1 Kings 7:1-12
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. / He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row. ...

1 Kings 6:23-28
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. / One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. / The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape, ...

1 Kings 10:14-17
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, / not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. / King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. ...

1 Kings 4:22-23
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

1 Kings 9:26-28
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. / And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants. / They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

1 Kings 10:21-22
All 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. / For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 10:23-25
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. / The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart. / Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

1 Kings 10:26-29
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. / The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. / Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. ...

1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

1 Kings 11:4-8
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. / Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. ...

1 Kings 11:9-13
Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. / Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. / Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. ...

1 Kings 11:14-22
Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. / Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom. / Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. ...

1 Kings 11:23-25
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah, / and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control. / Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.

1 Kings 11:26-40
Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king, / and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David. / Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph. ...


Treasury of Scripture

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

1 Kings 10:18-20
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold…

Psalm 45:8
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

Revelation 20:11
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.

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2 Chronicles 9
1. The queen of sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon
13. Solomon's revenue in gold
15. His targets and shields
17. The throne of ivory
20. His vessels
23. His presents
25. His chariots and horse
26. His tributes
29. His reign and death














the king
This phrase refers to King Solomon, the son of David and Bathsheba, who was renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and building projects, including the Temple in Jerusalem. Solomon's reign is often seen as the pinnacle of Israel's united monarchy, a time of peace and prosperity. His wisdom and wealth were gifts from God, as seen in 1 Kings 3:12-13, where God grants Solomon unparalleled wisdom and riches.

made
The Hebrew root for "made" is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to do, fashion, accomplish, or make. This verb indicates intentionality and craftsmanship. Solomon's construction of the throne was not merely functional but a deliberate act to reflect the grandeur and divine blessing upon his reign. It symbolizes the culmination of his God-given wisdom and resources.

a great throne
The throne is a symbol of authority and governance. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, thrones were not only seats of power but also represented the divine right to rule. Solomon's "great throne" signifies the magnitude of his kingdom and the divine favor he enjoyed. It also foreshadows the eternal throne of David, which Christians believe is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, as prophesied in 2 Samuel 7:16.

of ivory
Ivory, a precious material obtained from elephant tusks, was highly valued in the ancient world for its beauty and rarity. Its use in Solomon's throne underscores the opulence and splendor of his kingdom. Archaeological findings have uncovered ivory artifacts from this period, confirming its use in royal and ceremonial contexts. The use of ivory also reflects the extensive trade networks Solomon established, as mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22.

and overlaid it with pure gold
Gold, a symbol of wealth, purity, and divine presence, was extensively used in the construction of the Temple and Solomon's palace. The overlaying of the throne with "pure gold" signifies not only the wealth of Solomon's kingdom but also the divine blessing and sanctity associated with his rule. Gold's incorruptibility and brilliance make it a fitting material for a throne that represents God's covenant with David's line. This imagery is echoed in Revelation 21:18, where the New Jerusalem is described as being made of pure gold, symbolizing the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises.

(17) Pure.--Tahor, a common word, for the once occurring m-phaz of Kings.

Verses 17-19. - It is not necessary to suppose that the throne was made of solid ivory (Psalm 45:9; Amos 3:15; Amos 6:4), or that the overlaying gold concealed the ivory, whether more or less of it. The parallel adds that "the top of the throne was round behind" (1 Kings 10:19). Comparing also the two accounts, it would appear that there were twelve lions on each side of the throne, i.e. two to each step. When it is said that there were two lions standing by the stays (or, arms) on each side of the sitting-place, we may easily imagine, from ancient modelled thrones, that of them the arms were themselves "no small part." It is remarkable that the parallel does not take cognizance of the footstool. The lion is, of course, as natural a symbol as it is an old one of sovereign power and place; and the use of the lion and the number of them, reminding of the tribes of Israel, were specifically justified to the people, whose oracles contained such words as those in Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9. Josephus tells us that a golden bull supported the seat of the throne. If so, it is remarkable that the statement should be omitted in both of our Old Testament narrations. The dimensions of the throne we might have looked for, but they are not given. That they were well proportioned to the height, marked by six steps, may be taken for granted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Additionally, the king
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

made
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a great
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

throne
כִּסֵּא־ (kis·sê-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of ivory
שֵׁ֖ן (šên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

and overlaid it
וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (way·ṣap·pê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over

with pure
טָהֽוֹר׃ (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2889: Clean, pure

gold.
זָהָ֥ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky


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