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1 Kings 10:20

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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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  1. 1 Kings 10:18

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 1 Kings 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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.