2 Chronicles 9:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 9:19

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּשְׁנֵ֧ים	u.she.Neim	and two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֣ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
אֲרָי֗וֹת	'a.ra.Yot	lions	H738 →
עֹמְדִ֥ים	'o.me.Dim	[were] standing	H5975 →
שָׁ֛ם	sham	there	H8033 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שֵׁ֥שׁ	shesh	[the] six	H8337 →
הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת	ha.ma.'a.Lot	the steps	H4609 →
מִזֶּ֣ה	mi.Zeh	from this	H2088 →
וּמִזֶּ֑ה	u.mi.Zeh	and from this	H2088 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
נַעֲשָׂ֥ה	na.'a.Sah	it had been made	H6213 →
כֵ֖ן	khen	thus	H3651 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	for any	H3605 →
מַמְלָכָֽה׃	mam.la.Khah	kingdom	H4467 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…
leads to
- Luke 22:28–30
  You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2–3
  Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Revelation 20:4
  Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
Through
Revelation 21:12
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
leads to
- Ezekiel 48:31–34
  Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the…
- Revelation 21:17–21
  And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
- Revelation 7:4–8
  And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Isaiah 54:12
  I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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04Related verses

06About 2 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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