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2 Chronicles 9:19

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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. 2 Chronicles 9:17

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

  2. 2 Chronicles 9:18

    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:

  3. 2 Chronicles 9:20

    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.

  4. 2 Chronicles 9:21

    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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