2 Chronicles 9:19
in 2 Chronicles 9Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThere 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”.
This site's exposition
Twelve lions stood on the six steps
Two lions stood at each of the six steps, twelve in all, with two more beside the armrests. Henry takes the line, that no kingdom had anything like it, as a type of the throne of the Messiah above every throne. Henry calls Solomon's lustre a faint picture of it.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁנֵ֧ים | usheneim | and two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אֲרָי֗וֹת | ʾarayot | lions | H738 → | |
| עֹמְדִ֥ים | ʾomedim | [were] standing | H5975 → | 521 times |
| שָׁ֛ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | [the] six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת | hamaalot | the steps | H4609 → | |
| מִזֶּ֣ה | mizeh | from this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וּמִזֶּ֑ה | umizeh | and from this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נַעֲשָׂ֥ה | naasah | it had been made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כֵ֖ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַמְלָכָֽה׃ | mamlakhah | kingdom | H4467 → | 117 times |
וּשְׁנֵ֧יםand two [plus]
usheneimH8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֣רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אֲרָי֗וֹתlions
ʾarayotH738 →
עֹמְדִ֥ים[were] standing
ʾomedimH5975 →521 times
שָׁ֛םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שֵׁ֥שׁ[the] six
sheshH8337 →216 times
הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹתthe steps
hamaalotH4609 →
מִזֶּ֣הfrom this
mizehH2088 →1180 times
וּמִזֶּ֑הand from this
umizehH2088 →1180 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
נַעֲשָׂ֥הit had been made
naasahH6213 →2628 times
כֵ֖ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
לְכָל־for any
lekholH3605 →5413 times
מַמְלָכָֽה׃kingdom
mamlakhahH4467 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Matthew 19:28Jesus 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…
it 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…
- Luke 22:28–30
Through
Revelation 21:12The 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.
it 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.
- Ezekiel 48:31–34
About 2 Chronicles

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