KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Chronicles 9:17–18
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2 Chronicles 9:17
17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
17Moreouer the king made a great throne of yuorie, and ouerlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 9:18
18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
18And there were sixe steps to the throne, with a footstoole of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and †stayes on each side of the sitting place, and two lyons standing by the stayes.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Chronicles 9:17
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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A royal seat; by extension, sovereign rule or authority.
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The hard, pale material of an elephant's tusk, used for buildings, furniture, vessels, or merchandise.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Covered over or coated; in one KJV occurrence, smothered by lying upon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Free from mixture, contamination, guilt, or moral defilement; genuine, clean, holy, or innocent according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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2 Chronicles 9:18
The number following five and preceding seven.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
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A royal seat; by extension, sovereign rule or authority.
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A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one.
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Made firm, fixed, secured, joined, or attached.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Supports, upholds, restrains, stops, or remains, according to context.
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A lateral part, edge, or surface; also a party or position in a dispute.
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Being seated, remaining, dwelling, or holding a place.
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A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
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The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Large powerful wild cats; also figures of strength, fierceness, danger, or royal power.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Remaining upright, fixed, established, or in place; as a noun, position, continuance, or rank.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study18¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20And 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.
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Open the full verse study8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
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Open the full verse study11And 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.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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Open the full verse study24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
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Open the full verse study9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
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Open the full verse study5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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