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2 Chronicles 9:18-31

9:18

And [there were] six
<08337>

steps
<04609>

to the throne
<03678>_,

with a footstool
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of gold
<02091>_,

[which were] fastened
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to the throne
<03678>_,

and stays
<03027>

on each side of the sitting
<03427> (8800)

place
<04725>_,

and two
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lions
<0738>

standing
<05975> (8802)

by
<0681>

the stays
<03027>_:

{stays: Heb. hands}

9:19

And twelve
<08147> <06240>

lions
<0738>

stood
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there on the one side and on the other upon the six
<08337>

steps
<04609>_.

There was not the like made
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in any kingdom
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9:20

And all the drinking
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vessels
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of king
<04428>

Solomon
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[were of] gold
<02091>_,

and all the vessels
<03627>

of the house
<01004>

of the forest
<03293>

of Lebanon
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[were of] pure
<05462> (8803)

gold
<02091>_:

none [were of] silver
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it was [not] any
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thing accounted
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of in the days
<03117>

of Solomon
<08010>_.

{pure: Heb. shut up} {none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them}

9:21

For the king's
<04428>

ships
<0591>

went
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to Tarshish
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with the servants
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of Huram
<02361>_:

every three
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years
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once
<0259>

came
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the ships
<0591>

of Tarshish
<08659>

bringing
<05375> (8802)

gold
<02091>_,

and silver
<03701>_,

ivory
<08143>_,

and apes
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and peacocks
<08500>_.

{ivory: or, elephants' teeth}

9:22

And king
<04428>

Solomon
<08010>

passed
<01431> (8799)

all the kings
<04428>

of the earth
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in riches
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and wisdom
<02451>_.

9:23

And all the kings
<04428>

of the earth
<0776>

sought
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the presence
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of Solomon
<08010>_,

to hear
<08085> (8800)

his wisdom
<02451>_,

that God
<0430>

had put
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in his heart
<03820>_.

9:24

And they brought
<0935> (8688)

every man
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his present
<04503>_,

vessels
<03627>

of silver
<03701>_,

and vessels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>_,

and raiment
<08008>_,

harness
<05402>_,

and spices
<01314>_,

horses
<05483>_,

and mules
<06505>_,

a rate
<01697>

year
<08141>

by year
<08141>_.

9:25

And Solomon
<08010>

had four
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thousand
<0505>

stalls
<0723>

for horses
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and chariots
<04818>_,

and twelve
<08147> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

horsemen
<06571>_;

whom he bestowed
<03240> (8686)

in the chariot
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cities
<05892>_,

and with the king
<04428>

at Jerusalem
<03389>_.

9:26

And he reigned
<04910> (8802)

over all the kings
<04428>

from the river
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even unto the land
<0776>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and to the border
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of Egypt
<04714>_.

{river: that is, Euphrates}

9:27

And the king
<04428>

made
<05414> (8799)

silver
<03701>

in Jerusalem
<03389>

as stones
<068>_,

and cedar trees
<0730>

made
<05414> (8804)

he as the sycomore trees
<08256>

that [are] in the low plains
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in abundance
<07230>_.

{made silver: Heb. gave silver}

9:28

And they brought
<03318> (8688)

unto Solomon
<08010>

horses
<05483>

out of Egypt
<04714>_,

and out of all lands
<0776>_.

9:29

Now the rest
<07605>

of the acts
<01697>

of Solomon
<08010>_,

first
<07223>

and last
<0314>_,

[are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<01697>

of Nathan
<05416>

the prophet
<05030>_,

and in the prophecy
<05016>

of Ahijah
<0281>

the Shilonite
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and in the visions
<02378>

of Iddo
<03260>

the seer
<02374>

against Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Nebat
<05028>_?

{book: Heb. words}

9:30

And Solomon
<08010>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

over all Israel
<03478>

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_.

9:31

And Solomon
<08010>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_,

and he was buried
<06912> (8799)

in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_:

and Rehoboam
<07346>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead.