1 Kings 10:19

WEB

There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

KJV

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.

Commentary

The throne had six steps,.... Up to the footstool of the throne, which was of gold, Ch2 9:18 and was high, that everyone in court might see him, and the better hear the sentence he ga ve: and the top of the throne was round behind; had a semicircle at the top of it, like an alcove: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat; or "hands" (q), such as the arms of a chair, to lean and rest upon: and two lions stood beside the stays; which were not only ornamental, and for support of the stays, but expressive of majesty, and of undaunted courage and resolution to do justice, and of the danger such expose themselves to, who oppose magistrates in the discharge of their office; and in which Solomon was a type of Christ, the lion of the tribe of Judah; and for the same reasons were the like portraits on the steps, as follows. (q) "manus", V. L. Montanus, &c. "brachiola", Sept. in 2 Chron. ix. 18.