A moment in scripture
1 Kings 10:19
The 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.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Kings 10:17
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 10:18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
- 1 Kings 10:20
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.
- 1 Kings 10:21
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.