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2 Chronicles 9:17

in 2 Chronicles 9

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in 2 Chronicles 9

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

This site's exposition

a great throne of ivory

on 2 Chronicles 9:17-19

The throne joins ivory and gold, six steps, a footstool of gold, and twelve lions on the steps, matching 1 Kings 10:18-20 detail for detail. The verse's own comment is that “Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom”.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Made a great throne of ivory - For a very curious description of the throne of Solomon, see at the end of the chapter, 2Ch 9:29 (note).

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֧עַשׂand he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כִּסֵּא־a throne of

    kise'-H3678 →135 times

  • שֵׁ֖ןivory

    shenH8127 →

  • גָּד֑וֹלgreat

    gadolH1419 →526 times

  • וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּand he overlaid it

    vaytzapehuH6823 →47 times

  • זָהָ֥בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • טָהֽוֹר׃pure

    tahorH2889 →94 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 20:11

    Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 21:1

      Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

    • 2 Peter 3:7

      And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

    • Matthew 25:31

      When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

    • Daniel 2:35

      Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found.…

    • Romans 2:5

      But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

  • Through

    Psalms 45:8

    All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

    it leads to

    • Song of Solomon 1:3

      The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

    • 2 Corinthians 2:14–16

      But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

    • John 19:39

      Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.