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Read Full Chapter (2 Chronicles 9) 2 Chronicles 9:19 KJV
"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 Chapter 9, Verse 19
2 Chronicles 9:19 in Context (Verses 16–22 KJV)
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And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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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:*
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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.
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¶ 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.**
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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.*
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And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.