Verse Lens · Context pointer
1 Kings 10:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Ivory, gold, and lions frame Solomon's throne.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 10:18–20
Read 1 Kings 10:20 with 10:18–20. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Describes Solomon's large ivory throne overlaid with refined gold; adds twelve lions along the steps and claims the throne's uniqueness.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 10:20 depends on 10:18–20; isolating “And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Ivory, gold, and lions frame Solomon's throne.”
Read 1 Kings 10:18–20 together
Why these verses belong together: Ivory, gold, and lions frame Solomon's throne is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 10:18–10:20.
Verse 18. 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
Verse 19. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
Verse 20. 20 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.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 10:18–20 — Ivory, gold, and lions frame Solomon's throneSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 10:18–20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
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