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1 Kings 10:18

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

KJV

Fecit etiam rex Salomon thronum de ebore grandem : et vestivit eum auro fulvo nimis,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς θρόνον ἐλεφάντινον μέγαν, καὶ περιεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν χρυσίῳ δοκίμῳ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַ/יְצַפֵּ֖/הוּ זָהָ֥ב מוּפָֽז

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ו
v
noun · 55×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
יְצַ֥ף
ytsp
verb · 47×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מוּפָֽז
mvpz
verb · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 10:22 — 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.
  • 1Kgs 22:39 — 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?
  • 2Chr 9:17 — Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
  • Amos 6:4 — 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 1:8 — 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.
  • Ps 45:8 — All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
  • Rev 18:12 — 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
  • Rev 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.