American Standard Version
"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. "
— 1 Kings 10:20, American Standard Version
“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.”
“Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.”
“There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.”
“And 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.”
“And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.”
“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.”
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
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.
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.
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.