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18 The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.(A)

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

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    your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;(A)

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All your robes are fragrant(A) with myrrh(B) and aloes(C) and cassia;(D)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(E)
    the music of the strings(F) makes you glad.

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22 For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[a](A)

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  1. 10.22 Or baboons

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

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  1. 1 Kings 10:22 Hebrew of ships of Tarshish

The Dead Are Judged

11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)

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  1. 20.11 Gk the

The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(B) and there was no place for them.

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12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble,(A)

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12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;(A)

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But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is[a] forever and ever,
    and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your[b] kingdom.(A)

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  1. 1.8 Or God is your throne
  2. 1.8 Other ancient authorities read his

But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[a] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for[b] sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,(A)

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  1. 1.3 Or bears along
  2. 1.3 Other ancient authorities add our

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(A) and the exact representation of his being,(B) sustaining all things(C) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(D) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(E)

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Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory
    and lounge on their couches
and eat lambs from the flock
    and calves from the stall,(A)

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You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.(A)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.(B)

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From oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines[a]
    from the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.(A)

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  1. 27.6 Or boxwood

Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.

For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
    the thrones of the house of David.(A)

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There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

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Psalm 110

Assurance of Victory for God’s Priest-King

Of David. A Psalm.

The Lord says to my lord,
    “Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”(A)

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Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says(A) to my lord:[a]

“Sit at my right hand(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”(C)

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  1. Psalm 110:1 Or Lord

Your throne, O God,[a] endures forever and ever.
    Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;(A)

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  1. 45.6 Or Your throne is a throne of God, it

Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

17 The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests,(A) 19 while twelve lions were standing, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.(B)

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17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory(A) and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 19 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.

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