Throne

How Nave’s arranged it

• Of PharaohGenesis 41:40Exodus 11:5
• Of David1 Kings 2:121 Kings 2:24Psalms 132:11Psalms 132:12Isaiah 9:7Jeremiah 13:13Jeremiah 17:25Luke 1:32
• Of Solomon1 Kings 2:192 Chronicles 9:17–19
• Of ivory1 Kings 10:18–20
• Of Solomon, called THE THRONE OF THE LORD1 Chronicles 29:23
• Of Herod Agrippa IActs 12:21
• Of Israel1 Kings 8:201 Kings 10:92 Chronicles 6:10
• Abdicated by David1 Kings 1:32–40
• FIGURATIVE
• Anthropomorphic use of
• Of God2 Chronicles 18:18Psalms 9:4Psalms 9:7Psalms 11:4Psalms 47:8Psalms 89:14Psalms 97:2Psalms 103:19Isaiah 6:1Isaiah 66:1Matthew 5:34Matthew 23:22Hebrews 8:1Hebrews 12:2Revelation 14:3Revelation 14:5
• Of ChristMatthew 19:28Matthew 25:31Acts 2:30Revelation 1:4Revelation 3:21Revelation 4:2–10Revelation 7:9–17Revelation 19:4Revelation 21:5Revelation 22:3

The passages, in Bible order (45)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 41:40

   You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 41:401 voice

   “According unto thy word shall all my people be ruled - Literally, At thy mouth shall all my people kiss. In the eastern countries it is customary to kiss any thing that comes from a superior, and this is done by way of testifying respect and submission. In this sense the words in the text are to be understood: All the people shall pay the profoundest respect and obedience to all thy orders and commands. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou - This, in one word, is a perfect description of a prime minister.

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2. Exodus 11:5

   and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 11:52 voices

   “Two portable millstones are used for the purpose, of which the uppermost is turned by a small wooden handle, and during the operation the maid sits behind the mill.

   “Two points are to be noticed: 1. The extent of the visitation: the whole land suffers in the persons of its firstborn, not merely for the guilt of the sovereign, but for the actual participation of the people in the crime of infanticide Exo 1:22. 2. The limitation: Pharaoh’s command had been to slay ALL the male children of the Israelites, but only one child in each Egyptian family was to die. If Tothmosis II was the Pharaoh, the visitation fell with special severity on his family. He left no son, but was succeeded by his widow.

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3. 1 Kings 1:32–40

   Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:32–402 voices

   “And King David said, call me Zadok the priest,.... Not Abiathar the high priest, for he had joined Adonijah; and besides Zadok was David's favourite priest, and for him the high priesthood was designed, as it was in a little time translated to him: and Nathan the prophet; who very probably went out of the room when Bathsheba was called in: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; the captain of his guards: and they came before the king; who it is very likely sat up in his bed, and they stood around him.

   “The combination of the high priest, the prophet, and the captain of the bodyguard (the Cherethites and Pelethites, 1Ki 1:38), would show the people that the proceedings had the king’s sanction. The order of the names marks the position of the persons with respect to the matter in hand.

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4. 1 Kings 2:12

   So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:122 voices

   “Having been born after his father became monarch of the whole kingdom, his claim, according to the notions of Oriental people, was preferable to that of all, even his elder brothers. The Hebrew kingdom enjoyed internal prosperity; it was respected and renowned abroad, and Solomon well knew how to improve these advantages.

   “The “establishment” of the kingdom here intended is probably its universal acceptance both by the tribe of Judah and the other Israelites.

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5. 1 Kings 2:19

   So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:192 voices

   “A seat - Or, “a throne.” We have here a proof of the high dignity of the Queen-mother. Compare also 1Ki 15:13; 2Ki 11:1-3. In the Persian court the Queen-mother had often the chief power.

   “Solomon received her with all the respect that was due to a mother, though he himself was a king: He rose up to meet her, bowed himself to her, and caused her to sit on his right hand, according to the law of the fifth commandment.

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6. 1 Kings 2:24

   And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 2:242 voices

   The phrase “making a house” means “continuing the posterity” of a person, and, in the case of a royal person, “maintaining his descendants upon the throne.”

   “God do so to me, and more also--the common form of introducing a solemn oath. if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life--Whether there was a treasonable design to conceal under this request or not, the act, according to Eastern notions, was criminal, and of dangerous consequence to the state.

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7. 1 Kings 8:20

   Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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8. 1 Kings 10:9

   Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 10:91 voice

   “Blessed be the Lord thy God - This acknowledgment of Yahweh falls below the confessions of Hiram 2Ch 2:12 and Cyrus Ezr 1:3. It does not imply more than an admission of His power as a local deity; namely, that He is the God of the Jews and of their country.

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9. 1 Kings 10:18–20

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

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 10:18–202 voices

   “The ascent to it was by six steps, on each of which stood lions, in place of a railing--while a lion, probably of gilt metal, stood at each side, which, we may suppose from the analogy of other Oriental thrones, supported a canopy. A golden footstool is mentioned (2Ch 9:18) as attached to this throne, whose magnificence is described as unrivalled.

   “Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory,.... To sit on and judge his people; and ivory being white, may denote the purity, justice, and equity with which he judged; the white throne in Rev 20:11 may be an allusion to this; the ivory he had from Tarshish, 1Ki 10:22. and overlaid it with the best gold; for the greater splendour and majesty of it; not that he covered it all over, for then the ivory would not be seen, but interlined it, or studded it with it, whereby it appeared the more beautiful and magnificent.

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10. 1 Chronicles 29:23

    So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

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    “Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord,.... Who had given it to him, and established him on it, and whose vicegerent he was, and over whose people he ruled: as king instead of David; he was viceroy to him in his life time, and succeeded him at his death, when he had the full power of government: and prospered; his reign was happy and peaceable: and all Israel obeyed him; at once; whereas it was some time, even years, before all Israel obeyed David.

    “The throne of David is called here “the throne of the Lord,” as in 1Ch 28:5 it is called “the throne of the kingdom of the Lord,” because God had set it up and had promised to establish it.

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11. 2 Chronicles 6:10

    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 6:101 voice

    “For the name of the Lord - “For the name of the Word of the Lord God of Israel.” - Targum.

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12. 2 Chronicles 9:17–19

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

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    “There was not the like in any kingdom. The lustre wherein he appeared was typical of the spiritual glory of the kingdom of the Messiah and but a faint representation of his throne, which is above every throne.

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13. 2 Chronicles 18:18

    Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.

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14. Psalms 9:4

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 9:42 voices

    “The same prophet showed elsewhere the difference between the present and future judgment of God. What did he say to the Lord about the verdict of the immediate trial? You have sat on the throne, you who judge justice. And what of God's future and …

    “God sits in the throne of judgment. To him it belongs to decide controversies, to determine appeals, to avenge the injured, and to punish the injurious; for he has said, Vengeance is mine. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth and that with him there is no unrighteousness.

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15. Psalms 9:7

    But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 9:72 voices

    "And the Lord endures forever." Here he sets forth the authority of the doer; and he touches upon six conditions regarding the judgment of God. First, that it is not momentary but eternal. The rule of others is brief in life; therefore the Psalmist says, …

    “But the Lord shall endure for ever,.... When antichrist is entirely ruined, his cities destroyed, and the memorial of them perished, then "shall the Lord sit for ever" (g), as the words may be rendered; that is, as a Jewish writer (h) paraphrases them, in rest and quiet. The words may be expressive of the unchangeableness and eternity and power of God; the Chaldee paraphrase of them is, מימרא דיי, "the Word of the Lord is for ever; his habitation is in the highest heavens".

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16. Psalms 11:4

    The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 11:42 voices

    “Whence in what follows it is written: The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven. By the seat — that is, the throne of God — let us, according to the custom of the Scriptures, understand the kingdom, as in that place: "God shall give him the throne of David his father." And elsewhere: "With justice is the throne of dominion prepared." And: "When a just king shall sit upon the throne." The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven.

    “The Lord is in his holy temple,.... Not in the temple at Jerusalem, which as yet was not built; nor in the temple of Christ's human nature; but rather in the church, where he dwells, which is an holy temple to the Lord; and which is an argument for trust in him, and a reason against the fears of men in the worst of times; see Psa 46:

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