Bible Strands
1 Kings 10:18
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s royal construction projects during his reign, detailing the throne’s fabrication immediately after listing the gold shields stored in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
The words — שֵׁן (shen) = ivory and מוּפָז (mu.Faz) = refined describe the throne’s materials, emphasizing the king’s use of precious, processed resources.
The thread — Ivory palaces appear in Psalm 45:8, while the motif of a great throne resurfaces in Revelation 20:11.
Why it lands — The text records Solomon’s earthly wealth and craftsmanship, contrasting human opulence with the ultimate throne of divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- Psalms 45:8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 22:39 As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- Amos 6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Revelation 18:12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- 2 Chronicles 9:17 Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
- Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”