King James Version
2 Chronicles 9:19 in the King James Version says “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 kin...” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Chronicles 9:19 · KJV
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
And 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: stays: Heb. hands
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.
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. pure: Heb. shut up none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ivory: or, elephants' teeth
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“stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“there on the one side and on the other upon the six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“steps”
H4609elevation, i.e., the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“There was not the like made”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in any kingdom”
H4467dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
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