20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.


In Context

17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 Then the king made a great throne inlaid with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.

19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.

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

21 All King Solomon's goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's days.

22 The king had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

1st Kings 10:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:20And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:20And twelve little lions stood upon the six steps on the one side and on the other: there was no such work made in any kingdom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:20And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:20Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:20and 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:20And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:20and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this side and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:20And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.